Italy Govt to EU: Confident of hitting growth targets - Bloomberg

Bloomberg highlights key points from a letter sent to the European Union (EU) by the Italian government

Privatization target 1% of GDP for 2019.

Targets debt to GDP ratio at 126% in 2019.

Asks for the EU flexibility due to extraordinary events, spending for these events 0.2% of GDP in 3 years (cites spending for floods, Genoa infrastructure).

Won’t surpass 2.4% budget deficit for 2019.