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FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte arrives for the NATO summit in Watford, Britain, December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

Italy's Conte calls for a change in EU competition rules

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called on Monday for a change to European Union competition rules, saying current regulations were hindering the growth of European giants.

“It is important to change them (the competition rules). Those rules risk hampering our European champions,” Conte told a conference in Rome.