Italy's Finance Minister Claudio Scajola said there was "reasonable optimism" a deal could be agreed on Thursday.
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On Wednesday the interior minister, Claudio Scajola, joined in the scaremongering.
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"The commissioner Fantozzi can now proceed to the cession of the assets within the first of December, " Scajola said in a statement posted on the ministry's Web site.