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Deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini threatens to pull plug on alliance with Five Star
Interior minister seeks to map out and bulldoze travellers’ camps
Report into disaster says faults in structure had been identified since 2009
Finance minister argues ‘priorities in Europe have changed’, with more focus on growth
Rome is using carrots and sticks to direct private investment
Italy’s deputy PM faces demands for answers over party financing claims
Italian island suffers from eurozone’s highest rate of youth economic inactivity
Prospect of QE is bigger tailwind for debt than Rome sidestepping of EU budget clash
Tensions rise after NGO ship defies warnings and docks in Lampedusa
Italy’s southerners feel left behind and have turned their backs on Five Star
Italian government bonds rally after Rome promises to trim budget deficit over next 2 years
Demographic trend poses a headwind to country’s growth and public finances
Country’s debt rallies sharply on rising expectations Rome will avoid clash with EU
Populist coalition revises budget in effort to bring public debt within EU rules
Berlin and Paris will use incident to weaken Rome in budget and job talks, say analysts
Public administration and judicial reforms would support investment and raise productivity growth
Move buys time for Rome’s populist coalition to reach deal on public spending plan
Giovanni Tria defies Eurosceptic Rome as Matteo Salvini presses ahead with mini-BOTs
Salvini and Di Maio bury hatchet to revive spending plans in face of EU opposition
This is not the first time a cash-strapped polity has sought to monetise an unlikely asset
A commission that feels it met Rome halfway last time will not want to show leniency now
Trust between Brussels and the government in Rome is draining away
Censure from European Commission risks sparking fresh row with anti-establishment government
Parliamentary vote emboldens Rome’s Eurosceptics, fuelling ‘Italexit’ chatter
Comments follow Italian prime minister’s ultimatum to the government
