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Will Europe’s populists copy Italy’s fiscal restraint?

In principle, the relatively cautious fiscal policy that Giorgia Meloni’s government has followed in Italy offers a model that other right-wing populist parties could follow. But in practice, with the possible exception of France’s National Rally, it will be difficult for them to do so for the foreseeable future.

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