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Italy’s Di Maio Stands Firm on Reforms Planned in 2019 Budget
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Italy’s government is ready for dialog with the European Commission over the country’s budget plan for next year, yet the EU’s executive arm can’t seek to “massacre Italians” by trimming expenses aimed at boosting growth, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said.
“We are ready to make major cuts on wasteful spending,” Di Maio told daily Corriere della Sera in an interview. “We would also eventually be ready for safeguard clauses that would protect against deficit widening. But the big reforms of this budget law need to remain in place.”