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EU willing to consider changes to Italy reform plan, but Rome must be quick

European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni speaks during a meeting between EU Finance Ministers and heads of central banks, in Stockholm, Sweden April 28, 2023. Caisa Rasmussen/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File Photo

The EU Commission said on Wednesday it was prepared to consider changes to a plan of reforms agreed with Italy, but any new proposals must be made as soon as possible for Rome to secure promised pandemic recovery funds.

Rome is struggling to meet a package of policy pledges, including reforms to the judicial system and cuts to red tape, which it made to the Commission in return for 200 billion euros ($220 billion) from the EU's post-COVID Recovery Fund.

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