Italy poll fears prompt eurozone debt crisis

The threat that new elections in Italy will bolster the mandate of the country’s anti-eu populist parties prompted a eurozone debt meltdown yesterday. As markets braced for a ballot fought on the country’s euro membership, investors dumped Italian debt. Sergio Mattarella, the president, put Italy on track for a second vote of the year by vetoing anti-establishment Five Star Movement and The League’s choice for finance minister, Paolo Savona, a Eurosceptic economist. Business, Page 1