Italy open to dialogue with EU, will not tweak budget's pillars: Deputy PM

Reuters

Published Nov 23, 2018 01:42AM ET

Italy open to dialogue with EU, will not tweak budget's pillars: Deputy PM

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy will show the highest willingness to negotiate with the European institutions but it is not prepared to change the main pillars of its 2019 budget, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio told daily La Repubblica on Friday.

"Our aim is not to start a war with Europe, but we want to make good on promises (to voters)," Di Maio told the newspaper.