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United Kingdom Italian government backs austerity package
Published on 25/05/2010
The government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pictured has approved a legal decree enforcing budget cuts worth 24 billion euros in a bid to reduce the public deficit from last year's 5.3% of gross domestic product to 2.7% in 2012.