Italy won't change its budget deficit target: Deputy PM Luigi Di Maio
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Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday Italy will not change its budget deficit targets despite pressure from Brussels and its European Union partners.
"We are not turning back from that 2.4 per cent (of gross domestic product), that has to be clear .. We will not backtrack by a millimetre," Di Maio said in a radio interview.
In other remarks, Di Maio said there was "no doubt" that the leaders of France and Germany wanted the Italian government to fall.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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