Thomson ReutersFebruary 28, 2013 10:16
By Paul Carrel
FRANKFURT, Feb 28 (Reuters) - A dramatic anti-austerity vote leaves Italy lying outside the fortress the European Central Bank constructed around the euro zone last year and vulnerable to a market attack.
This week's election leaves slim prospects for a durable, reform-minded government in Rome and exposes a flaw in the bond-buying defence plan the ECB put together last September - a weakness that could see the euro zone crisis roar back to life.
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