Economics
Italy’s Tria Says Leaked Letter to EU Hurts Negotiations
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Italian Finance Minister Giovanni Tria said a leaked draft of his letter to the European Commission responding to its concerns about the country’s debt load damages negotiations with Brussels.
“There’s no doubt that damages negotiations with the European Commission,” Tria said in an interview with Italian daily Corriere della Sera. “That text wasn’t definitive, it was an incomplete draft with various open options; it wasn’t meant for publication, it shouldn’t have gotten out.”