The European Commission is expected this week to issue an early warning to Italy and the Netherlands for breaking the rules underpinning the euro, reawakening the long-running dispute over the EU's economic regulations.
According to press reports, Italy will receive the rebuke - equivalent to a 'yellow card' - because it risks exceeding the three percent of gross domestic product deficit limit imposed by the EU.
The Commission is also unhappy that Rome has taken one-off economi...
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