EU rejected Italy‘s proposed new annual budget. It’s the first time the European Commission has rejected any member state’s budget proposal. The bloc gave Rome three weeks to revise its spending plans.
Ένας ευρωβουλευτής της Λέγκα, ενός εκ των δύο κομμάτων στην κυβέρνηση συνασπισμού της Ιταλίας, έβγαλε το παπούτσι του και… συνέθλιψε με αυτό τις σημειώσεις του Ευρωπαίου επιτρόπου Πιερ Μοσκοβισί, μετά τη συνέντευξη Τύπου στο Στρασβούργο αναφορικά με την απόρριψη του ιταλικού προϋπολογισμού.
The Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and the leader of far-right French party Front National, Marine Le Pen held a debate on the economic growth and social future of Europe on Monday in Rome. The event took place at General Labour Union (UGL) headquarters, where the two politicians, both eurosceptics and advocates of anti-migration policies, discussed plans for “an alternative Europe” and presented what Salvini has called “Project for Africa”. “The enemies of Europe are those who are entrenched in the Brussels bunker. The enemies of the European people and of the happiness of the European people are Juncker and Moscovici,” Salvini said.
The European Union (EU) must bring an end to national sovereignty over finance with the creation of a “eurozone budget” in order to kill off populist politics within the euro region, according to the Commission. Continue reading →