(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, NOVEMBER 22 - "In Italy the fears related to the high public debt/GDP ratio remain unchanged".
The EU Commission reports it in the Alert mechanism report.
Debt "remains high" and although it fell to 150.3% of GDP in 2021 "it should remain well above its 2019 level".
The deficit, reduced to 7.2% in 2022, "is expected to continue to narrow. But yield differentials have deviated "significantly" from the eurozone average by increasing funding costs: "Fiscal sustainability risks are high in the medium term ", reports the Commission.
The report also highlights that Italy and eight other Member States could face "
With nine other countries Italy is among the countries that are under monitoring by the EU Commission again for excessive macroeconomic imbalances: the EU writes that for the Peninsula "they continue to arouse concern".
Meanwhile, EU Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis explained that Brussels expects "to receive the complete plan from the new government shortly and we will provide our opinion in the coming weeks".
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