Economics

Draghi Insists Euro-Area Fiscal Pact Must Change After Pandemic

  • Stability pact can’t be revived as before, premier says
  • Merkel’s likely successor called for reinstatement of rules
Mario Draghi in Rome on June 22.Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg
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Italian premier Mario Draghi insisted euro-area fiscal rules can’t return to how they were before the pandemic, throwing down a gauntlet to Germany over the future shape of Europe’s post-crisis budget regime.