Brussels, 23/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - The defection of several Member States which Rome had hoped would be among the co-signatories of a letter condemning economic nationalism in some countries, has finally won the day over the initiative by Italian Economy and Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (see EUROPE 9157). While some of his European counterparts supported the content of the message, all judged it ill-advised to jump in during the European Council to support a step which many think has...