Italy: Focus on forthcoming elections - Rabobank

Analysts at Rabobank suggest that when the Catalan elections are done and dusted, the market’s focus may then gradually shift to Italy, which will have elections in early 2018 as the legislature ends in March.

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“According to national media outlets, President Mattarella will dissolve parliament between Christmas and New Year’s Eve and then call for elections on March 4. The last hurdle to be taken before the President can proceed along this path is the parliamentary approval of the 2018 budget bill, but this looks to be only a matter of time.”