Italy Govt said to be planning to raise 2020 budget deficit target to around 2.3% of GDP
- press Recent comments on Italy 2020 budget deficit:
- On Aug 25th EU was said to consider softening debt reduction targets in rewriting of budget rule
- On Aug 5th reports circulated that Italy Govt was targeting 2020 budget deficit to GDP level of under 1.8%
(**Note: under the prior League/5-Star coalition).
Later Dep PM Salvini (League): Italy's 2020 Deficit to GDP would not be below 2%