Economics

Italy Extends Worker, Business Protection to Avoid Cliff Edge

  • Cabinet approves new tax breaks, worker protection, incentives
  • Stimulus totals 100 billion euros since start of pandemic

A waiter wearing a protective mask takes an order at a restaurant in the historic centre of the coastal town of Sperlonga, Italy, on May 31. 

Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg
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The Italian government approved the latest bundle of measures aimed at supporting companies and employees through the coronavirus crisis.