FILE PHOTO - Mario Monti his wife Elsa Antonio and Alexander Pereira pose before the opening of the 2017-2018 opera season at La Scala theatre in Milan, Italy December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
ROME (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has accused political parties of making "irresponsible" promises ahead of the March 4 election which he said would be a disaster if carried out.
"This is clearly a country going backwards not forwards," Monti, whose government was widely credited with saving Italy from financial collapse during the euro zone debt crisis in 2011, said in a TV interview late on Tuesday.
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