Economics
Italy’s Next Leaders Face Grim Outlook as Draghi Stint Nears End
- Center-right bloc has vowed to keep public finances sound
- Debt, inflation, slowing growth, EU targets among challenges
Campaign posters for Giorgia Meloni at Rome's Termini main railway station on Sept. 5.
Photographer: Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images
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The winners of Italy’s Sept. 25 election will take charge of an economy still warm from a summer boom, but with darkening prospects.
High debt, an inflation shock, weak growth, a aging population and stubborn North-South disparities may greet the center-right coalition led by Brothers of Italy Leader Giorgia Meloni. Opinion polls before a blackout period showed her alliance with the most support.