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Italian prime minister, independent Giuseppe Conte (left), has the lonely job of forcing the League and M5S to work together (Photo: quirinale.it)

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Conte's tricky balancing act on Italian budget

The procedure against Italy for excessive debt recommended by the European Commission on Wednesday (5 June) was foreseeable, if not inevitable.

While commissioners Pierre Moscovici and Valdis Dombrovskis' press conference in Brussels was still ongoing, Italy's prime minister Giuseppe Conte, currently on an official visit to Vietnam, stated that he would do "everything to avoid an infringement procedure".

However, to avoid the ...

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

Italian prime minister, independent Giuseppe Conte (left), has the lonely job of forcing the League and M5S to work together (Photo: quirinale.it)

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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