Italy's PM Conte says government plans to agree 2020 budget ahead of schedule

FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is pictured before a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Rome, Italy July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo - Copyright Yara Nardi(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 24/07/2019 - 16:04•Updated 19/04/2024 - 20:12

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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday the government wants to approve the 2020 budget ahead of the official, mid-October deadline.

"In the coming days we will meet the main social partners with the aim of producing the budget ahead of schedule", Conte said during question time in parliament.

Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who leads the coalition League party, met union and business leaders last week, saying at the time he wanted the budget drawn up in July and August rather than September and October.

(Reporting by Angelo Amante; Editing by Crispian Balmer)

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