says today -- frankfurter allgemeine.ough it will not be positive, we know that already. this is about populism in europe. italy has a populist government. they want to do what they said in the election pledges, and that is to give more money for poorer people. but that sort of reform or fiscal giveaway without reform is in breach of the rules. if you give away money without doing reform you will not get your unemployment levels down. you will not increase productivity. so you will not increase growth and wealth. and this is what the markets and brussels are worried about. italy are a highly indebted country, their debt is about 130% of gdp, and giving away money like this is not going to tackle that level. that is one concern. another concern is italy is not the only economy in europe with a populist government. the markets are worried if populism increases further, this therefore has the potential to be a more deeply rooted concern for the euro, for european assets, in the next couple of years. lets turn our attention t

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