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Pope alludes to turbulent year of reign
Benedict XVI final audience draws 150,000 to St Peter’s Square
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1:07pm
Madrid says 2012 budget deficit at 6.7%
Figure lower than expectations and close to EU target
5:47pm
Italian vote sparks unease in eurozone
Member capitals greet stalemate with shock but determination
- Global Insight Italy rejected a lot more than austerity
- Tito Boeri and Luigi Guiso Italy needs reform
5:23pm
As it happened: Italy’s election aftermath
World watches as political horse-trading begins
- Global Insight Italy rejected a lot more than austerity
- Tito Boeri and Luigi Guiso Italy needs reform
5:15pm
Bersani seeks first go at leading Italy
Centre-left leader stops short of proposing formal coalition
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Poll confusion lifts Italy’s borrowing costs
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Italy is in need of political reform
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The sad record of fiscal austerity
The ECB could have prevented the panic. Tens of millions are now suffering unnecessarily