Summary Says his coalition will work to heal nation's finances while encouraging economic growth.
ROME (AP) - Italy s new premier says his broad coalition will work to heal the nation s finances while encouraging economic growth.
Enrico Letta is laying out his vision Monday of a pro-European Italy focused on spurring investments and job creation. The center-left leader, who has brought media mogul Silvio Berlusconi s conservatives together in a tense coalition, is seeking support as he faces for confidence votes in Parliament.
Appeasing Berlusconi, Letta said Italians won t have to pay an unpopular property tax this June while a system fairer to the less affluent is devised.
Financial markets have already signaled approval of this apparent end of the months-long political deadlock. Letta says he ll soon go to Brussels, Berlin and Paris to reassure EU allies about Italian economic seriousness.
