Brussels, 07/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - “There is no European strategy for austerity”, said the European Commission on Wednesday 7 September: everything that we are doing in terms of “budgetary consolidation” goes hand-in-hand with what we recommend to “boost growth and employment” as part of the Europe 2020 strategy. Nonetheless, it favourably welcomed the latest austerity measures announced in Italy and Greece the day before.
Italy. Silvio Berlusconi's Italian government has...