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Business Daily: Why has Italy fallen out of love with the euro?

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17/07/2019 GMT

Why has Italy fallen out of love with the euro?

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Why has Italy fallen out of love with the euro?

And is Italy's populist government cosying up to Russia instead?

Italy's economy remains in the doldrums, with many Italians blaming the European single currency. Meanwhile the Italian populist government has taken a markedly more friendly line towards Russia, with a scandal brewing about alleged business deals between Moscow and the ruling Lega party.

Manuela Saragosa speaks to Alessandra Maiorino, an Italian MP for the Five Star Movement and Lorenzo Codogno, economist with the European Institute at the London School of Economics, about growing anti-European sentiment in Italy. And journalist Stafano Vergine explains why prosecutors are now looking into links between Italy's Lega Nord party and Russia.

(Photo: An Italian euro coin; Credit: Getty Images)

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