MILAN: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is tightening the budgetary screws to show that Rome can balance its books, even if it means delaying electoral promises.
ROME: Italy s public debt set an all-time record of 2.843 trillion euros ($3.09 trillion) in June, reflecting in part an increase in government borrowing, the Bank of Italy said on Wednesday.
ITALIAN Defense Minister Guido Crosetto has added to recent signs that his country may tend to leave the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), describing the decision to join the framework as improvised and atrocious.