EU Official: EU governments see "considerable improvement" in Italy’s fiscal plans for 2020

Reuters is out with the latest statement by a European Union (EU) official, with the key headlines found below.

EU governments see Italy's 2019 deficit at 1.9% of GDP, structural improvement of 0.3%.

EU governments see first structural improvement in Italy’s public finances in many years as result of 2019 measures.

EU governments see "considerable improvement" in Italy’s fiscal plans for 2020.

Germany, the Netherlands showed skepticism over Italy’s public finances at EU meetings.