A European Commission
spokesperson on Friday said that the EU executive will decide
whether it has granted Italy's request to have flexibility in
the application of budget regulations for its spending on asylum
seekers in "spring". The spokesperson added that the valuation
will be made "on a case-per-case basis, ex post, on the basis of
the expenditure undertaken". On Friday Italian Premier Matteo
Renzi said after a bilateral meeting in Berlin with German
Chancellor Angela Merkel that he hoped Brussels would give a
response to Italy on the budget flexibility request this week.
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