"I did not think about it". The premier replies with irony Mario Monti to those who ask him if today's surge in the spread is linked to the declarations of Silvio Berlusconi, who on Saturday suggested depriving the Government of confidence. The Prime Minister, on a visit to Madrid to meet the Spanish leader Mariano Rajoy, underlines that "not being able to call a threat something that would not take anything away from us, if not a government activity that has not been sought by us".
The Professor therefore clarifies that he does not want to speculate on the possible consequences of a government crisis: "I think the best thing is to continue doing our job with a horizon of 2013, as has always been our intention and as the President of the Republic and the Parliament have asked of us”.
In short, Monti replies with the understatement to the arrows arriving from Arcore. “We are convinced that the current spread of Italy against German ten-year bonds is unjustified – he reiterated again at the press conference -. It was 330 points, today for some reason that escapes me it's at 350, however much less than a year ago when it was at 575. I think it would be reasonable to have a much lower spread”.
However, the Premier reiterates once again that Italy does not intend to ask for the intervention of the anti-spread mechanism: “It is important that it can be activated, operational and not just theoretical. But as far as Italy's position is concerned, we don't think it is in a position to activate this tool”.
