Letta says EU must 'accelerate or implode'
Union has dealt with problems with 'timidness', says premier
21 May, 12:48
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(see related story) (ANSA) - Rome, May 21 - Italian Premier Enrico Letta said Tuesday that the European Union risks imploding if it does not do more to address people's problems in the midst of the economic crisis.
"I have the impression that the EU cannot keep going as it has up to today, with timidness or a lack of decisions," Letta told the Senate.
"Either it accelerates or it risks imploding. "As things are, I don't think it can hold up and the people will be the ones who make it implode the next time they vote".
Letta's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) failed to win a working majority in February's general election after strong showings by ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PdL) party and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) lead to a virtual three-way tie.
Both the centre-left PdL and the M5S blasted European-imposed austerity policies during the election campaign.
Letta, who was sworn in at the helm of an unprecedented PD-PdL coalition government last month, wants the EU to focus more on promoting growth and has said he will present a plan to help boost job creation at a summit of European leaders in June.
"I have the impression that the EU cannot keep going as it has up to today, with timidness or a lack of decisions," Letta told the Senate.
"Either it accelerates or it risks imploding. "As things are, I don't think it can hold up and the people will be the ones who make it implode the next time they vote".
Letta's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) failed to win a working majority in February's general election after strong showings by ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PdL) party and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) lead to a virtual three-way tie.
Both the centre-left PdL and the M5S blasted European-imposed austerity policies during the election campaign.
Letta, who was sworn in at the helm of an unprecedented PD-PdL coalition government last month, wants the EU to focus more on promoting growth and has said he will present a plan to help boost job creation at a summit of European leaders in June.
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