STICK TO THE RULES! Italy warned by IMF to ABIDE by EU over budget plan

ITALY has been warned to stick to European Union rules over its deficit budget plan as the International Monetary Fund sides with Brussels against the indebted populist nation. Rome has been locked in a bitter war of words with Brussels after being forced to defend proposals to set out a deficit goal of 2.4 percent of GDP for 2019 - three times the previous administration's target. -»