Round-up: Italian govt near collapse over Eurozone reforms

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Eurozone leaders' struggle to stabalise the economic area by demanding tighter fiscal reforms is driving the governments of weak member states ot the brink. This and other news in our round-up of this morning's nationals.

FINANCIAL TIMES ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE Italy's prime minister was fighting on Tuesday night to stave off a collapse of his centre-right coalition government over European Union demands for more concrete economic reform measures in time for Wednesday's highly anticipated summit of eurozone leaders. FINANCIAL TIMES FEARS EURO SUMMIT COULD MISS FINAL DEAL Eurozone leaders were struggling on Tuesday to reach agreement on a much-anticipated deal to reverse their spiralling debt crisis amid mounting signals a definitive agreement would not be reached at a key summit on Wednesda...

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