Brussels, 13/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Italian deficit is a source of concern for Joaquin Almunia, according to an interview in the Saturday edition of the daily newspaper La Stampa. After the Ecofin Council, the Commission for Economic and Monetary Affairs spoke of the "difficult" forecasts for the Italian public accounts in 2005 (EUROPE of 8 December, p.10). It is still the tax reduction measures of 6.5 billion EUR which cast doubt on the Commission's forecasts, said Mr Almunia on...