Renzi says EU limits belong to past (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, December 18 - Premier Matteo Renzi on Friday said Italy has kept its side of the bargain by implementing structural economic reforms and now it was time for the European Union to reform itself. "In recent months, Italy has made great reforms," Renzi told a press conference at the end of the European summit. "For this reason, Italy asks with its head held high for Europe to change, that it be more about growth, more attentive to social values and employment, not just technical and bureaucratic policies and limits that belong to the past".