Rome — Italy, the eurozone’s third-largest but most chronically sluggish economy, will soon get a windfall that could transform its fortunes — not necessarily for the better.

As the biggest beneficiary of the EU’s €750bn recovery fund, Rome believes the cash will help it fix entrenched economic problems and close its decades-old growth gap with the rest of the bloc...

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