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Italy’s Meloni Pledges Not to Expand Deficit to Fund Energy Aid

  • Brother of Italy leader comments in debate with rival Letta
  • Right-wing coalition poised for landslide victory on Sept. 25
Giorgia Meloni

Giorgia Meloni

Photographer: Francesca Volpi/Bloomberg

Italy’s likely next prime minister said her right-wing alliance won’t immediately move to expand net borrowing to help fund emergency aid to offset the impact of high energy prices on households and companies.

The government in Rome would only seek to widen the budget deficit as “a very last resort,” Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the Brothers of Italy party said Monday ahead of the Sept. 25 election.