Italy PM Enrico Letta says growth policies a priority

Enrico Letta, Italy’s new centre-left prime minister leading an unprecedented grand coalition, cancelled planned tax rises worth up to €6bn in a clear break with the policies of his technocrat predecessors.

Laying out his programme in his first speech to parliament on the 29 April 2013, Mr Letta said Europe faced a 'crisis of legitimacy' and had to change its focus on austerity. He said he would visit Berlin, Brussels and Paris to press his case.

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