Italy’s industry minister Corrado Passera looks on during a press conference after the ministers council for the approval of the new measures designed to shore up public finances on December 4, 2011, in Rome. Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti said that Italy would put its vast debt under “strong control” as part of crisis measures approved by the cabinet to stave off the threat of financial ruin.
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