ROME (Reuters) – New Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni unveiled her policy priorities in her maiden speech to the lower house of parliament on Tuesday. Here are some of the highlights.
ECONOMY
“The context in which the government will have to act is very complicated, perhaps the most difficult since World War Two.”
“The International Monetary Fund (says) … that 2023 will be a year of recession for the Italian economy: -0.2%, the worst result among the world’s leading economies, after Germany.”
“The way to reduce debt is not the blind austerity imposed in past years, nor financial adventures which are more or less creative. The road (to lower debt) is lasting and structural economic growth.”
(Reporting by Crispian Balmer)
