On Thursday 9 March, Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said that the concept of a multi-speed Europe "will not be the central element of the Rome Declaration" that the European leaders will adopt at the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome on Saturday 25 March.
Faced with its current challenges, Europe cannot move forward "at the speed of the slowest wagon", Gentiloni said. On Friday, the member states (without the UK) will work on developing the Rome...