Thaw Renzi-Juncker. Premier: “We share Brussels line on flexibility” – ANSA.it

BRUSSELS – thaw between the prime minister, Mattero Renzi, and the president of the EU Commission, Jean Claude Juncker. After the face-to-face to Palazzo Chigi, the prime minister has promoted the Brussels line on flexibility, saying not to ask for changes. And Juncker was keen to stress that the Commission chaired by him “is not a group of technocrats and bureaucrats in favor of silly austerity”. So, he praised Italy: “It ‘a great country, founder of Europe, when you say Roma are said Europe” and vice versa: “There is a broad identity of views, more meeting points and partial disagreements, sometimes clumsy. “

” I think it’s an important time for us to visit Juncker – began the Prime Minister at the press conference – we gave him welcome with news . For Italy we are to the historical record of violations in the sense of reducing procedures. we’ve gone from 199 infringement procedures when we went to the government to 83 today. ” “The government is on the side of the rules, believes in respecting the rules and does everything to be cutting edge,” he added. “We share the Commission’s line on flexibility, still says the prime minister.” For us, the reference is the one who wrote the European Commission on flexibility, do not ask you to change, “he added the premier.

as for the other issue on the meeting table, that of migrants , Juncker said that Italy is a model for the other EU countries. he has given exemplary conduct in the migrant crisis and could be as a model for other European countries much more “hesitant,” noted the President of the European Commission

tHE VISIT – At the center of Renzi-Juncker interview the main nodes of the European Union , from immigration growth Jean-Claude Juncker arrived in Rome for “building bridges”, to build bridges and mend with Matteo Renzi, turn the page on the misunderstandings of the recent past and discuss together immigration, economy and investment. and more general, explain European sources, to revive with European integration, today more than ever threatened by rising national self.