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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10437

25 August 2011
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Lessons from Italian debate on European economic governance

Member states “under tutelage”? By revising and strengthening in two days its programme of return to a balanced budget according to European Central Bank (ECB) indications, has Italy lost its autonomy when it comes to making decisions and is it effectively under the tutelage of the Community institutions and bodies? That is the question that has been rattling Italian political and economic players over the past month. It has provoked a debate that has gone beyond national borders because...