Italy must be treated like every other country - Eurogroup head

Eurogroup President Mario Centeno attends a news conference at the end of a eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman - Copyright YVES HERMAN(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 10/12/2018 - 06:34•Updated 07/05/2024 - 21:29

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BERLIN (Reuters) - The president of euro zone finance ministers group said in an interview published on Monday that he hoped the Italian government would be able to submit a revised draft budget to the European Union.

"The rules of the Stability and Growth Pact apply to all. I hope that the Italian government will be able to revise its budget draft," Mario Centeno, Portugal's Finance Minister and head of the Eurogroup, was quoted as saying by German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung.