Brussels, 20/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - At 1.7%, economic growth in Italy is below expectations and the deficit currently stands at 3.1% of GDP due to an interruption in the interest rate reduction trend and political instability, but Italy's prime minister, Enrico Letta, said on 20 September at a Council of Ministers meeting, as he unveiled the country's updated growth and budget forecasts, that the commitment to respect the 3% deficit mark by the end of the year was within reach and will...