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The Italian Council of Ministers has approved a decree-law providing urgent support for the road haulage, agriculture and fisheries sectors, in response to protests – largely by truckers – against the soaring cost-of-living crisis and rising fuel prices.

The Trump-Putin deal on the purchase of Russian diesel “is a very risky choice” and “a legitimisation for Moscow while its bombs are still falling on Ukrainian cities”, Giorgia Meloni said in Rome on Wednesday, swiftly winning Kyiv’s approval and provoking a prickly response from Russia.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is urging Brussels once again to give capitals more room to cushion households and companies from the latest energy-price shock, arguing that European Union fiscal rules are becoming increasingly restrictive as inflation drives up government spending.