EU says will assess Italian commitments

(see related story) (ANSA) - Brussels, October 1 - The European Commission on Wednesday said it will observe Italy's budget law for 2015 to see how it fits in with Rome's financial commitments to the EU.
    The spokesman for European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Jyrki Katainen commented after the Italian government on Tuesday revised the forecasts in its economic blueprint and said it will not balance the budget in structural terms until 2017. In the previous version of the blueprint, the Economic and Financial Document (DEF), in April the government had said the State budget would be balanced by 2016. "We will assess the plan for the budget law in the light in the commitments made," said the spokesperson.
    "Our position is that the commitments should be respected".