Italy is the only country that has not yet ratified a 2021 reform of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), which strengthened the fund's financial firepower and increased its authority to supervise countries in difficulty.
But a draft ratification law put forward by Italy's center-left opposition has exposed tensions within Meloni's government.
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