European Union Budget Commissioner Guenther Oettinger holds a news conference to present the EU executive's final proposal for the bloc's next long-term budget, in Brussels, Belgium, May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Top European Union officials reassured Italy on Tuesday they would respect the right of its voters to choose a government, and Germany's European commissioner apologised for suggesting people should not vote for the country's leading parties.
The uproar highlighted how the possibility of an Italian government run by the anti-establishment League and 5-Star movement has raised new fears that the third-biggest economy in the euro zone would quit the single currency, jeopardising the entire project.
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