"The adjustment is structural and therefore also any improvements in the estimates, which can moreover be foreseen, have no impact on the structural adjustment". Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said this to those who asked him if the extent of the maneuver requested by the EU (3,4 billion) could change.
By the time the debt report is published on Wednesday, the minister added as he arrived at the Eurogroup, there will be no news: "All the information has already been anticipated in the winter forecast in which, in the Italian file, the Government's commitment is acknowledged to make an adjustment. So I expect that's the message."
