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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10444

3 September 2011
GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/italy
Commission concern about some of the austerity package

Brussels, 02/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 2 September, the European Commission expressed concern about various measures in the revised austerity measures being passed by Italy and the rejection of the public finance target of returning to a balanced budget by 2013. A spokesperson for EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said that the Commission was not expecting any adjustment in the budget targets, but was concerned that the effectiveness of the measures was highly...