Blow as Italy’s power demand falls

Articles reports that Italian industry has slashed its electricity consumption by almost a third between September and November 2008 in a stark sign of the force of the recession and a serious blow to efforts by Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right government to play down the depth of the crisis.

ESO: Background information: Italy approves modest stimulus http://www.europeansources.info/record/italy-approves-modest-stimulus/

ANSA, 2.12.08: Union warns of 900,000 job losses http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/english.shtml

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