First it was Russia sanctions and now the budget deficit - just weeks before Italian elections, splits are emerging between the two far-right parties tipped to win power. Giorgia Meloni's post-fascist Brothers of Italy is leading opinion polls, putting her on course to take office after September 25 as part of a coalition that includes Matteo Salvini's anti-immigrant League. The pair are campaigning on a shared populist, eurosceptic, hard-right agenda, but in recent days have been at odds on how to respond to the energy crisis gripping Europe. Salvini has called for more help for companies and workers facing soaring electricity and gas bills this winter, either at a European or Italian level - even if it means borrowing more. "I prefer to put 30 billion in debt on the table today, than put 100 (billion) in two months time to pay for a million unemployed or redundant people," he told Radio Capital Tuesday. He noted this put him at odds with outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi and also Meloni, who has sought to reassure international investors that the eurozone's third largest economy will be safe in her hands. 'Out of control' "Going into further debt is the last resort, because...
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