Europe | Financial indigestion
Italy needs to spend more, faster
It is struggling to use nearly €200bn of EU cash
|FLORENCE
Paolo Gentiloni, the EU commissioner overseeing its €750bn ($820bn) post-pandemic recovery fund, said last month that if it failed because of his fellow Italians, “that would really be a disaster”.
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