Italy's budget fight with Brussels shifts focus to 2020 - sources
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy believes it can satisfy the European Commission's demands over its public accounts for this year, but the real sticking point in negotiations is now about 2020, government sources say.Brussels has threatened Italy with disciplinary action that would entail closer oversight of its fiscal policy and could eventually lead to fines.It complains Rome did not cut its public debt in 2018 as promised, and sees it continuing to rise this year and next unless the anti-austerity..