FILE PHOTO: Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini gestures as he speaks, during a major rally of European nationalist and far-right parties ahead of EU parliamentary elections in Milan, Italy May 18, 2019. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italy risks a rude awakening in the race for top European Union jobs as it faces growing isolation after eurosceptic nationalists in its ruling coalition won big in last week's European Parliament elections.
Far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, emboldened by the election outcome, called on Tuesday for radical reforms of EU economic policy that would entail a relaxation of fiscal rules and a new mandate for the European Central Bank that, he said, should guarantee public debts.
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