Restoring European citizens’ enthusiasm: Matteo Renzi puts the Italian Presidency of the EU, starting for the second 2014 quarter, under the theme of renewal and new impetus. His primary objective is to give more weight to the Stability Pact’s growth chapter.
Give the States room for maneuver as no growth means no deficit reduction. It’s the message sent by the President of the Italian Council at the European Council meeting of June 26-27 (see article No. 8497). Faced with a German Chancellor who only swears by compliance with the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact*, Renzi defends the idea that “We respect the Pact’s rules only if we implement the growth chapter” – which still hasn’t been defined for that matter. It seems that, at the June summi
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