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PHOTO FILE: Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the European Commission, speaks at a press conference at the European Commission Headquarters in Brussels on 27 February 2019. REUTERS / Francois Lenoir
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – The European Commission is badessing the implications for Italy's budget needs of lower-than-expected economic growth this year, Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Saturday.
He added that Italy's growth was causing concern as it could be lower than the Commission's forecast of 0.2% and much lower than the Italian government's forecast of 1%.
Report by Francesco Guarascio; Edited by Mark Heinrich
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