Meloni Wants Middle Classes to Shield Italy From Bond Vigilantes
A year of big debt sales means relying even more on citizens to help out too
Giorgia Meloni
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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is increasingly counting on the same people who propelled her to power to keep Italy solvent: its citizens.
With the country enjoying rare respite in financial markets just as it sells among the most bonds in its history, the premier and her government are leaning ever harder on consumers.