03/12/2018 (Agence Europe) – Euro Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis wanted to see "concrete proposals" from the Italian authorities on the draft budget for 2019 before deciding on the formal opening of a debt-based excessive deficit procedure on Monday 3 December after meeting with Italian Minister Giovanni Tria (see EUROPE 12150). He recalled that Member States had validated the Commission's approach, with the Eurogroup being called upon to support it politically. In Rome, the Italian...