EU maybe hit by 'RADICAL CHANGE' as citizens rebuke Italy intervention
GETTY EU news: Five Star MEP warns EU face demands for 'radical change'
Italy plunged the EU into chaos after one of its most senior commissioners decided to pass judgement on the anti-establishment coalition of Lega and the Five Star Movement as they attempt to form a government. Rome has been without an elected government for seven years and has been left in political limbo after country’s March general election provided no clear winner. Out of nowhere, Five Star and Lega, who had previously suggested they wouldn’t work together, completed internal negotiations to form a coalition government. However, plans were rejected by Italian president Sergio Mattarella when he vetoed the parties’ proposed finance minister. Mr Mattarella has now proposed an interim prime minister who will guide Italy into another general election.
When Juncker or Oettinger say those words, public opinion grows angry with the European Union Marco Valli
Reacting, the EU’s budget chief Gunther Oettinger told German broadcaster Deutsche Welle the reaction of financial markets would teach Italians why they should not vote for populist moments. He said: “said: “My concern and expectation is that the coming weeks will show that the development of the markets, government bonds an the economy of Italy will be so far-reaching that this will be a possible signal to voters not to vote for populists on the right or left. “Already the developments of government bonds, the market value of banks, the general course of the Italian economy is clearly overcast, is negative. This has to do with the possible government formation.” His comments have created a significant amount of anger inside the EU’s leadership circle but has also infuriated Italian politicians.
Marco Valli, a Five Star MEP, said interventions from foreigners could be enough to create a demand for “radical change” which could completely flip the EU on its head. Speaking to Express.co.uk, Mr Valli said: “I think that all the people in Europe, in general, want to be Europeans but I think that the European Union is different from Europe. “This European Union is not working well, Italians, and many others, have signalled they want to radically change the way they can achieve things in the EU. “When Juncker or Oettinger say those words, public opinion grows angry with the European Union.