Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte looks on after addressing the upper house of parliament following the EU summit on the recovery fund, sealed to revive economies ravaged by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rome, Italy, July 22, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
ROME (Reuters) - Italian eurosceptics seemed to be on shaky ground on Wednesday after the European Union approved a massive stimulus plan to help the bloc's coronavirus-hit economy, with Rome set to receive a large chunk of the money.
Rome expects to get 209 billion euros in grants and loans from the 750 billion euro ($869 billion) Recovery Fund agreed by the bloc on Tuesday after a marathon four-day summit.
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