European leaders have “concerns” about Italy’s future alliances and economic policies of under a populist, eurosceptic government between the Five-Star Movement and the League party, premier Paolo Gentiloni said Thursday at an EU summit in Bulgaria.
“The worry is not about the political stripes of the government,” Gentiloni told reporters at the EU-Western Balkans summit in Sofia.
“The concern is that key alliances, the management of public accounts and migration policy could be thrown in to doubt,” Gentiloni stated.
Italy is a founder member of the European project, the third largest economy in the eurozone, a key supporter of the transatlantic alliance and a key United States ally.
“Many European leaders are worried about three main topics: firstly the approach to the major international alliances which European countries have always shared, irrespective of their governments’ political hue,” Gentiloni said.
“The second area of concern is the risks linked to deficit financing and the third is the danger that the results of what are seen to be highly successful policies such as those on migration could be under threat.”
