Premier Matteo Renzi said
Wednesday that Greece should follow Italy's lead by working to
respect the EU rules and adopt economic reforms.
"I'm convinced that Greece must take the highway of
structural reforms," Renzi said, stressing the efforts Italy has
made to respect EU budget rules.
"If the rules are respected everywhere they must be
respect in Greece too," he added in a speech on the future of
Europe at Berlin's Humboldt University before a meeting with
Chancellor Angela Merkel in the German capital.
"We haven't cut the pensions for early retirees in Italy
so Greece can keep paying them.
"We haven't raised taxes in Italy so that Greek ship
owners can continue not paying them".
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