Italian PM, Mario Monti, announced that 'the Euro is not in crisis' as the common currency manages to maintain its exchange rate versus the USD. Moreover the banking system of Italy stabilizing and is not under threat, he added. He also claimed the problem of the EU is high level of public debt that is a systematic crisis. The speech came after UniCredit announced it plans to raise EUR7.5bn to meet capital requirements that weighted down on the bank's share price.