Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte is
meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday with
the pressing issue of migration among the subjects on the
agenda.
German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert said the
leaders will also discuss other matters, including the "economic
issues of the eurozone and unemployment".
He said that the chancellor was "pleased to meet Conte
(again) after their first meeting at the G7 in Canada".
Conte will propose the allocation of special EU funds to
combat poverty in Europe during the meeting, government sources
said.
This could make it possible for the new Italian government to
use European funding to help finance a basic income benefit -
the so-called citizenship wage - that it has pledged to
introduce, the sources said.
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