'Responsible budget' - EC tells Italy

(ANSA) - Berlin, May 22 - European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis has said that the new government in Rome should continue with a policy of fiscal consolidation. "We feel it is very important for the new government to stay on course and move forward with a responsible budget policy," Dombrovskis said in an interview with Handelsblatt. He said that this was necessary because "Italy has the second highest public debt after Greece" in the eurozone.