By Giuseppe Fonte and Angelo Amante

ROME, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Foreign shareholders of Italy’s central bank should not be able to claim rights over the country’s gold reserves, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s nationalist party said in an ‍internal document, amid a mounting spat between the ruling coalition and the ECB over the matter.

The European Central Bank twice urged the ruling coalition – including Meloni’s Brothers of Italy – to reconsider an amendment to its 2026 budget law, under which the Bank of Italy’s gold belongs to “the Italian people”, citing risks to the central bank’s independence.

“Italy cannot run the risk of ‌private investors claiming rights over the Italian gold reserves. This ‌is why we need a law that clarifies ownership,” Meloni’s party said in the internal repor

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