ROME (Reuters) - The Treasury will publish its letter responding to EU Commission criticisms of Italy’s 2019 budget at midday (1000 GMT) on its official website, a Treasury spokeswoman confirmed on Monday.

Italy has come under fire in Brussels over its plan to lift the budget deficit to 2.4 percent of economic output next year from a forecast 1.8 percent in 2018.

The European Commission does not want a crisis with Italy over the budget, but it expects answers to its concerns, European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Monday.