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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8612

23 December 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/italy/commission

22/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - In his end of year press conference, on Sunday, Silvio Berlusconi asserted that the rise in prices seen in Italy is due to the introduction of the Euro as decided by previous governments. I had warned of the negative consequences, he said, adding: due to the Euro, I argued with my aunt, who manages a theatre, and who wanted to round price upwards, to EUR 10, while I told her that she should have done so downwards… The President of the European Commission Romano...

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