prime minister do sepic conti's main focus is on damage control after a meeting with top ministers the italian leader pledged to shrink his nation's debt burden in a later interview italy's economics minister provided more details he said the government wanted to gradually reduce the country's debt in stages from two point four percent to two percent of g.d.p. within three years italy's new debt is a hot topic across europe right now after all the country is the euro zone's third largest economy yet its struggling its national debt is twice what it should be unemployment is high the country's banks stand on shaky ground and the e.u. has long demanded the introduction of reforms but there are still many in italy's populist government who want to increase spending not reduce it it was one of their key election promises or alerting the of the to retreat from two point four percent would mean telling italians you won't retire we won't raise your pension we won't compensate those cheated by the banks and we won't establish a basic income so we won't back down and if necessary we'll explain

its power to veto the italian budget proposed by the coalition government of prime minister good sepic conti the vice president of the european commission told the media quote today for the first time the commission is obliged to request a euro area country to revise its draft budgetary plan but we see no alternative.

its power to veto the italian budget proposed by the coalition government of prime minister good sepic contihe vice president of the european commission told the media quote today for the first time the commission is obliged to request a euro area country to revise its draft budgetary plan but we see no alternative elate elected italian leaders now have three weeks to adjust the budget in abandon campaign spending promises in order to meet brussels preferred limits on spending increasing productivity is a diet desire of many but according to the organization for the economic cooperation and development which encompasses thirty six countries promoting democracy and market economies some always see the countries are much more successful than others are to tell us about hail that joins us from toronto with the latest alex thanks again for being with us as always productivity it's important to all.

its power to veto the italian budget proposed by the coalition government of prime minister good sepic conti the vice president of the european commission told the media quote today for the first time the commission is obliged to request a euro area country to revise its draft budgetary plan but we see no alternative elate elected italian leaders now have three weeks to adjust the budget in abandon campaign spending promises in order to meet brussels preferred limits on spending increasing productivity is a diet desire of many but according to the organization for the economic cooperation and development which encompasses thirty six countries promoting democracy and market economies some always see the countries are much more successful than others are to tell us about helmets joins us from toronto with the latest alex thanks again for being with us as always productivity it's important to all of us right six businesses countries but the big picture begon goes beyond just businesses to society as a whole right. yeah it seems to do something with mentality and in a lot of different levels i m