Former Italian Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi has offered to create a new currency in the country
to be used along with the euro, claiming that Italy needs to restore its
monetary sovereignty to overcome the ongoing economic crisis.
Printing its own money would help Italy
restore its monetary sovereignty, which could help overcome the crisis,
Berlusconi added.
“We cannot go on with this euro, we must
improve the European monetary policy and achieve equality of the dollar and
euro interchange,” Berlusconi said, as quoted by TASS. “We must bring back our
right to print money and establish monetary market exchange, it is quite
possible.”
Participants of No Tax Day protested against
new taxes imposed by Matteo Renzi’s government, which is implementing austerity
policies as Italy suffers a severe economic crisis.
Berlusconi opposes the current policy of
expanding taxes, stating that it can only worsen the economic situation. He
said his supporters are “ready to vote for the reforms.”
The notion of rejecting the euro has become
very popular in Italy. Some parties – such as the League of the North – have
already used this proposal in their election promises, which has garnered them
more votes than Berlusconi's Forza Italia party in some regions.
Berlusconi, 78, says he remains the leader
of the party and is ready to fight for power, despite receiving a low number of
votes in the 2013 general election. Italy used its national currency – the lira
– until 2002, when it was replaced with the euro.
(Πηγή: rt.com)
