Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi called the euro a "disaster" and a "rip-off" that "screwed everybody" in a vitriolic attack on opposition leader and former European Commission president, Romano Prodi.
"There are categories of Italians who face difficulties because of the incursion of Prodi's euro", he said, according to newswires, adding that Mr Prodi got a raw deal for Italy's adoption of the single currency, leading to the country's recession today.
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