• Police have unprecented tools to fight evasion
  • Pledges “stable” debt reduction after next year
  • Italy should be relieved to see BTP-Bund spread easing fro peaks recently despite ECB buying
  • Italian Bond purchases by ECB “almost ended”
  • Bond auction results were “encouraging”, but market turbulence isn’t over
  • Will present growth measures to EU Fin Mins on Jan23, measures to include liberalisations, labour market reforms
  • Italian labour market still too “segmented”, law changes will aim to boost youth employment
  • Doesn’t rule out operations to reduce stock of debt but focus remains on strong primary surplus for now
  • Italian public comprehend sacrifices that are being asked of them