Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Friday vowed to hack through Italy's thicket of laws to cut spending and boost the economy.
''Through legislative simplification we will save 75 billion euros from here to 2012,'' Berlusconi told a press conference.
The government, which includes a special Ministry for Simplification, will cut 37% of current laws by the end of this year, the premier pledged.
Since it took office in May his administration has already got rid of more than 7,000 ''obsolete or outdated laws,'' he said.
This has cut the number of laws in force from 21,691 to 14,648, the premier claimed.
But more is needed, Berlusconi said.
''The current number of laws is unacceptable for a democracy. We are working to weed out useless laws''.
