Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi attends a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Wednesday threatened to block the European Union's next budget with a "veto" should Eastern European countries fail to take in their share of refugees.
"If the Eastern countries who are growing with the help of our money do not open their doors to migrants as has been agreed, then we'll put a veto on the future European budget," Renzi said at a rally in Avellino, Italy, for an upcoming referendum over his flagship reform of the constitution.
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