Two staunchly euroskeptic lawmakers from the coalition partner League were named to head key economic committees in Italy’s parliament, while the party’s chief threatened more trouble for the European Union. Economist Alberto Bagnai, author of two books advocating the dismantling of the European monetary union, was selected on Thursday as head of the Italian Senate finance committee. Claudio Borghi, a top economic adviser for the coalition partner League, was named the head of the budget committee in the lower house. The appointments are likely to add weight to the new government’s pledge to challenge the European ... (full story)