The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a
shortfall of 22.8 billion euros in the coffers of Italy's
regional and local authorities, according to a report released
on Tuesday by the European Committee of the Regions.
It said Europe's regions, cities and villages were on the front
line in efforts to tackle the health and economic crisis caused
by COVID, meaning they had to spend more to face the emergency
while revenues dropped because of it.
It said Italy's local authorities were the second-worst hit in
the EU after Germany's, which suffered a shortfall of almost 122
billion euros.
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