Italy wants EU 'flexibility' over budget
Italy's populist government said the EU must show flexibility over its big-spending budget because the country had to cope with a series of natural disasters, including floods and a deadly bridge collapse in Genoa.
According to a copy of a letter sent Tuesday to Brussels insisting there would be no budget changes, the government said the EU should show "flexibility given exceptional events... (and) exceptional spending."
About 30 people died in storms and floods in Italy early this month, mainly in the northeast.
A total of 43 people were also killed when a decades-old bridge in the port city of Genoa collapsed in August, a disaster that stunned and angered the country and forced authorities to launch a maintenance plan for the road network.
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