Penalty awarded on deficit, whether you agree or not, those are the rules - Giorgetti

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 22 - Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti on Wednesday cited a famous maxim of late Yugoslav quipping soccer coach Vujadin Boškov in recognising that Italy had to face up to the fact that EU and Italian stats agencies had certified Italy's 2025 budget deficit as 3.1% of GDP and therefore its excessive-deficit infringement procedure remains in place. "Regarding the much-discussed 3-3.1% deficit: as Boskov said, a penalty is when the referee blows the whistle. "So the referee...

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