Italian Deputy PM Matteo Salvini attends a committee for public order and security in southern Italy on a bank holiday as the government crisis continues, in Castel Volturno, Italy. August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Ciro de Luca
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's ruling League party could end up in opposition and risks looking stupid over its bid to bring down the coalition and trigger an early election, a senior League official said.
Renewed political turmoil in the euro zone's third largest economy threatens to derail preparations for the 2020 budget in the autumn, as Italy attempts to rein in its huge public debt, the highest in the 19-nation bloc after Greece.
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