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The unelected European Commission has ordered an elected national government to amend its budget, which included the introduction of a minimum income for the unemployed and scrapping extensions to the retirement age.

The European Commission has told Italy to revise its budget, an unprecedented move with regard to an EU member state.

The Commission is worried about the impact of higher spending on already high levels of debt in Italy, the eurozone's third-biggest economy.