The EU Commission and Italy have settled their
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The EU Commission and Italy have settled their
The Italian government has presented its draft budget to the European Commission without modifications. The latter had
The battle lines are drawn in the row over Italy's budget for 2019: after the EU Commission rejected the
There is still no sign of an agreement in the budget row between Italy and the EU. Even before Brussels could examine Rome's explanation for the high level of
Italy's coalition government wants to raise the public debt to
Italy's new government is due to present its budget plan to the European Commission today, Thursday. In his draft budget independent finance minister Giovanni Tria aims for a deficit that doesn't exceed 1.8 percent of the country's GDP. The ruling parties, however, want the deficit target to be raised to 2.4 percent in order to push through their election promises. Italy's press is sceptical.