Hartwig Löger, the Austrian finance minister and president-in-exercise of the Council of the EU in its Ecofin format, said upon his arrival at the Eurogroup meeting of Friday 7 September (see other article) that he hopes the Italian government will present a draft budget for the year 2019 that complies with the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact (the Pact).
“I hope and expect Italy will present an appropriate and reasonable proposed 2019 budget in the coming days”, he said, before...