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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11459

23 December 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 23
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) economy
Matteo Renzi criticises Commission's “double standards”

Brussels, 22/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - The President of the Italian Council of Ministers, Matteo Renzi, has described the way the European Commission assesses the economic performances of the various states of the EU as “double standards”. In an interview published on 22 December by the Financial Times, he pointed out that Germany had a trade surplus of 8%, “and the rules say it should be 6% at most”.

In November, the Commission announced that Germany, along with 17 other member...