Italian PM Giuseppe Conte calls for the reform of the European Union budget rules and cooperation on immigration as his new government wins a parliamentary confidence vote
Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte reacts with Italy's Finance and Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri and Italy's Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese as Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio looks on after Conte delivered a speech during the new government confidence vote on September 9, 2019 at the lower house of parliament in Rome.
The most pressing issue for the new coalition will by the upcoming 2020 budget, a key test for relations with Brussels. Should it fail to do so, Italy could face an automatic rise in value-added tax on January 1 to bring in more funds — punishing the poorest the hardest. He promised Italians that, after a season of bitter fighting and hate propaganda, the new watchword would be respect.
"We will be a serious opposition, in parliament but also among the people, from north to south, one town after another," League leader Matteo Salvini said, slamming the new alliance between the former party foes. Brussels has constantly called on the eurozone's third-largest economy to reduce its deficit and the accumulated debt. It frequently clashed with the outgoing populist government over its big-spending plans.
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