A Senate committee has rejected
an amendment to the budget law that sets aside money to fix
potholes in Rome with the help of the army.
Deputy Economy Minister Laura Castelli said the measure would
be adjusted and presented again.
Mayor Virginia Raggi said the plan was a "great victory for
Rome and the Romans".
However, Giorgio Meloni, the leader of the rightwing Brothers
of Italy (FdI) party, said the need to bring in the army showed
the "incapacity" of Raggi's 5-Star Movement (M5S)
administration.
Defence Minister Elisabetta Trenta said the army would only
intervene in emergency situations in which holes were a danger.
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