Brussels, 12/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 12 July 2012, the Italian Senate ratified the European budget pact, which will now go to the Chamber of Deputies for formal adoption, a process expected to be smooth because the main parties are in agreement. The Senate adopted the pact by 216 votes to 24 with 21 abstentions after a brief protest by Northern League populist MPs brandishing a banner: “Yes to people's Europe, No to bankers' Europe”. No date has yet been set for the pact's...