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A Euro Warning Worth Heeding From Italy
Ex-Premier Enrico Letta says Europe needs to step on the gas to address soaring energy costs.
Enrico Letta has a message for European leaders.
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It’s the summer calm before the winter storm in Europe.
Tourists are back in Paris, Madrid and Rome, but they can’t save the Old Continent from the threat of recession. Strikes and staff shortages give a hint of the high inflation eating into people’s pockets -- and darkening their mood. France and Germany, the engines of European policymaking, are showing signs of slowdown.