Junior Economy Minister Enrico Morando admitted Friday that Italy's flat growth in the second quarter made the government's forecast of a 1.2% rise in GDP difficult to achieve. He added that this would probably make the decisions Premier Matteo Renzi's government has to make more difficult.
"There's no doubt that, on the basis of these figures, the target for 2016 of 1.2% seems difficult to attain," he told the AffarItaliani website. "On September 27 we'll present a statement to update the DEF (economic blueprint). At that point we'll see what the situation is. "It's possible that decisions will be more difficult or that we'll have to take account of this performance for the decisions that regard 2017 and the following years".
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