Italy's Conte sees EU budget deal close, no changes to 2019 deficit
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte expressed hope on Friday of reaching a deal with Brussels this weekend over his government's revised 2019 budget to avoid an EU disciplinary procedure, but offered few new concessions.The European Commission rejected the Italian budget in October, estimating it would not lower the country's huge debt and declaring it in blatant breach of EU fiscal rules. However, Rome submitted the revised plan this week with a lower deficit."We have to..