> Italy was offered money under the ESM The ESM has historically some bad reputation in my country, mainly in relation to Greece (I'm aware the ESM did not exi

> Italy was offered money under the ESM The ESM has historically some bad reputation in my country, mainly in relation to Greece (I'm aware the ESM did not exist at the time, but most of the comparisons are drawn to that in our media). The government did not want it, or so they said, but in the end signed the agreement anyway (although I don't know if they'll ask for the money or not).