In Greece and Italy, new and unelected leaders are grappling with the same old problems. While the EU presses Athens to give written guarantees on its budget cuts, Italy's new leader is mapping out a strategy to deal with the country's debt crisis. People have again taken to the streets outside the parliament building in Athens to protest against yet another round of belt-tightening measures as a condition for the next tranche of international loans to the country.

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