MESEBERG, Germany (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned on Monday that EU economic stimulus for member states should not carry too much conditionality.
Speaking at a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Conte said Italy was happy for EU institutions to monitor its economic reforms but imposing excessively stringent conditions would be counter-productive.
“It’s not in anybody’s interests to introduce conditionality that would compromise the support of the programme or give it scarce practical impact,” Conte said.
(Reporting by Gavin Jones; editing by Angelo Amante)
