Out of pocket, Italians fall out of love with the euro

Out of pocket, Italians fall out of love with the euro | Reuters:
"When the Italian central bank's deputy governor joined a radio phone-in show last week, many callers asked why Italy didn't ditch the euro and return to its old lira currency.
A few years ago such a scenario, that Salvatore Rossi said would lead to "catastrophe and disaster", would not have been up for public discussion.
Now, with the possibility of an election by June, politicians of all stripes are tapping into growing hostility towards the euro. 
Many Italians hold the single currency responsible for economic decline since its launch in 1999.
"We lived much better before the euro," says Luca Fioravanti, a 32-year-old real estate surveyor from Rome.
"Prices have gone up but our salaries have stayed the same, we need to get out and go back to our own sovereign currency..."