Mr Monti was put in office to introduce unpalatable measures that would eliminatethebudgetdeficit.
ECONOMIST: Italians fret that they may end up going the same way as Spain
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The next government should aim speedily to eliminatethebudgetdeficit.
ECONOMIST: Brazil's presidential election
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The two parties agreed to eliminatethebudgetdeficit within one parliament, to give state schools much more autonomy and to redesign the welfare system so that taking a job almost always pays.