Former Italy PM Monti chides incumbent Renzi for criticising EU


Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi stands in front of a statue as he attends a ceremony to pay homage to Argentine hero General Jose de San Martin in Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 15, 2016. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

ROME (Reuters) - Former Italian prime minister Mario Monti on Wednesday warned current premier Matteo Renzi that his repeated criticism of Brussels risked alienating Italy from the bloc.

The rebuke from the respected economist and ex-European Union commissioner was unusual in Rome, where many blame EU austerity for holding back Italy's recovery from three years of recession and the two largest opposition parties say they would scrap the euro.

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