European Commissioners on
Wednesday are set to examine a "technical" agreement reached
between Rome and Brussels late on Tuesday on Italy's budget for
2019.
Premier Giuseppe Conte is set to report to the Senate at
midday on Wednesday after the breakthrough.
The Commission rejected the government's initial draft budget
plan, which saw Italy running a deficit of 2.4% of GDP next year
to finance key pledges and boost sluggish growth, saying it
breached EU rules.
Conte's League-5-Star Movement (M5S) government proposed
bring the deficit down to 2.04% to stop the EU opening an
infringement procedure.
The government has said it is not willing to drop its two key
pledges, the 'citizenship wage' basic income for job seekers and
the 'quota 100' pension reform that will bring down the
retirement age for many people.
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