Italy will send some 2,000 soldiers to Bulgaria and Hungary on NATO's eastern flank and a further 8,000 based in Italy "could be deployed as necessary", premier Mario Draghi said Wednesday.
Pressure from Italy is helping "unblock" Hungary and Poland's veto over the European Union's 750 billion euro stimulus fund to help its economies recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said in comments livestreamed on Facebook.
Italy's premier Giuseppe Conte on Monday urged Poland and Hungary not to delay the EU''s 750 billion-euro stimulus package aimed at helping the bloc recover from the ravages of COVID-19 as it faces a severe hit from a second wave of the pandemic.
