Originally Posted by
drillerpie
Full of errors as you would expect. I haven't got time for an epic 'banging my head against a brick wall' thread so I'll limit myself to pointing out that the spending rules in question were not imposed by an unelected mafiosa (mafioso if it's a bloke but never mind) but rather were agreed to by all parties in 2011 to increase the stability of the euro. The elected government of Italy at the time agreed to these rules.
The Italian government at the time signed up to respect certain parameters, then asked for more flexibility, which it was given, and now is asking for much more flexibility. As much as the EU commission asking for Italy to respect the rules they signed up to, it's the other eurozone countries asking them, because they're respecting the limits and Italy isn't.
Salvini is doing everything in his power to demonise the EU, like when the bridge in Genoa fell down and he was on the scene in hours saying it was Europe's fault.
I hope that clears a few things up, of course there's another conversation to be had about whether economic union can succeed without political union and whether keeping public spending under control is the best way to keep a country's finances in order.