Instead, credible control over the dynamics of the deficit and the debt is self-fuelling, and in the final analysis it will expand the amount of resources available to the community. The spread has to be reduced. The signals captured by investors are important.
I hope, therefore, that the discussions under way with the European Commission and Council will lead to a solution that de facto reconciles compliance with the rules that bind Italy as a member of the Monetary Union, and ensures a credible process of consolidation in the medium term, with judicious measures to support the economy and with the pursuit of the political objectives of the Government and Parliament.