Renewed Italian nationalism has Conte's government straying into dangerous economic territory
EU Reporter Published 3 months ago Despite Italian foreign minister Luigi di Maio’s denials, reports are still floating around that the Italian government wants the European Central Bank to write off some of its debt in order to support Rome’s expansionary fiscal policies. The ECB is unlikely to agree, particularly given the increasingly dubious ways in which Rome is burning cash for questionable projects, from propping up perpetually loss-making companies, to pushing for the creation of national champions, writes Colin Stevens. Indeed, under the Conte administration, Italian state lend...