Budget talks going down to wire- Conte

(ANSA) - Brussels, December 14 - Premier Giuseppe Conte said that talks between the government and the European Commission to try to reach an agreement on Italy's budget for 2019 were going "down to the wire". "We are working in order to be able to complete the final details, to complete our proposal," Conte said at the end of the European summit in Brussels. Conte has proposed Italy running a deficit of 2.04% of GDP next year, compared to 2.4% in the executive's initial plan, to stop the Commission opening an infringement procedure.