Italy's Salvini: Government won't backtrack even my "half a millimetre" on budget

Italian Deputy PM Salvini recently crossed the wires delivering the key quotes, via Reuters, found below.

• No Italian bank will collapse.
• Government won't backtrack even my "half a millimetre" on budget.
• Italy is ready to respond if anyone is thinking of speculating and using bond spreads to try to weaken it.
• Asked about a possibility of Monte Paschi merging with another bank, says "why not?".
• Sees no objection to possible Monte Paschi merger with another bank "If it makes economic sense".