Italy’s next government is unlikely to bring the country’s future in the euro-zone into doubt, in a repeat of the turmoil that we saw after the 2018 election. But it will probably run looser fiscal policy and find it more difficult to pass reforms. If it fails to pass the necessary reforms, it will lose access to Next Generation EU funds and make it much more difficult for the ECB to backstop the bond market.
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