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Italian Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani speaks following a finance vote at the parliament in Rome 8 November 2011
Reuters/Tony Gentile
By Paul Nolan

A first group of European Union experts arrived on Wednesday in Rome to begin special surveillance of Italy's efforts to cut its debt, this after Europe called on Italy to balance the budget by 2013. At last week's G20 summit, Italy was forced to accept close monitoring by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund as its borrowing rates hit record highs. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi now says he'll resign once Italy has adopted the measures. We spoke to Sergio Romano, an Italian political commentator for the Italian daily Corriere della Sera about how Italian authorities will attempt to deal with the crisis.

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tags : Brussels - Economic crisis - Eurozone - France - Germany - Italy - Tax
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