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France and Italy get preliminary approval of their budgets, but it’s not the end of the story

October 29, 2014

The European Commission has given France and Italy a preliminary nod through on their draft budgets for 2015. In a statement released yesterday evening, Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen said:”After taking into account all of the further informa…

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austerity, EU fiscal rules, European Commission, fiscal treaty, flexibility, France, germany, Hollande, italy, Katainen, Merkel, Renzi

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Flexibility and sloppy translations: Could the discussion on EU fiscal rules still endanger Juncker’s election?

July 4, 2014

The Bundesbank attacks Renzi: “He tells us what to do”. This is today’s front page headline of Italian daily La Repubblica. According to Italian media, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann yesterday had a go at Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi for tel…

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EU fiscal rules, european parliament, flexibility, France, germany, italy, juncker, Merkel, Renzi, Spain, Stability and Growth Pact

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Italy claims "great victory" over "looser" eurozone fiscal rules

June 30, 2014

UPDATE (11:30am) – In a separate interview with Quotidiano Nazionale on Saturday, Mr Del Rio explicitly speaks of a “great victory” for Italy at the EU summit.Here’s the full quote:”The green light to flexibility is the great victory […] One needs to…

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EU fiscal rules, EU summit, EUCO, European Council, eurozone, flexibility, germany, italy, juncker, Merkel, Renzi, Stability and Growth Pact

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