In the budget dispute with the European Union has proposed to Italy a reduction of the deficit to 2.04 percent for 2019. The EU had previously threatened billions in fines.

Italy power in the budget dispute with the EU Commission concessions. The borrowing should be in the coming year to 2.04 per cent of economic output instead of the planned 2.4 percent, said the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, after a Meeting with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels.