Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini met leading economic players on Monday to d...
ROME - Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini met leading economic players on Monday to discuss the forthcoming 2020 budget, angering Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who accused him of trespassing onto his own political territory.
Such a meeting is traditionally organized by the prime minister and Conte staged an unusual, impromptu news conference outside his official residence to voice his anger. “I want to give our country a much quicker budget than before. October, November, December no. Rather we will work in July and throughout August,” he told reporters.
Salvini is looking to slash taxes next year, saying this is the best way to boost Italy’s perennially underperforming economy, which is forecast to expand by just 0.2 percent in 2019, the lowest growth rate in the 28-nation European Union.
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