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The European Commission has formally put Italy on notice about its deteriorating deficit and snowballing debt, re-opening a political battle with populist-led Rome
The European Commission has rejected Italy's draft 2019 budget, the first time the EU executive has ever sent a member state back to the drawing board over spending plans
Italy's populist coalition has submitted its draft 2019 budget to the European Commission, forecasting an increase in the public deficit to 2.4 percent of gross domestic product.