Brussels/Rome, 04/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 4 July, Italy and Germany tried to calm things down, after a week-long clash over the interpretation of the European budgetary rules.
“There is no row with Germany” and “our problem is not Germany, but Italy”, which needs to be capable of reform, said Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi after the meeting in Rome between the Italian government and the European Commission to kick off the Italian Presidency of the Council of the EU....