Italy’s PM Conte: It is profoundly unfair to blame the government for weak data

Italian Prime Minister (PM) Giuseppe Conte was on the wires last minutes, via Reuters, commenting on the weak Italian economic data released earlier this week.

It is profoundly unfair to blame the government for weak data.

Positive effects of reforms will only be seen from 2019.

Does not see dialogue with the European Commission over budget as being 'an exchange of concessions'.