Premier Matteo Renzi responded to
Jean-Claude Juncker's criticism about his alleged complaints on
the European Commission Friday by saying "we won't be
intimidated". Speaking to TG5, he said "Italy deserves respect".
Renzi stressed that the EC, in his view, had only conceded
flexibility on budget spending "after a lot of insistence on
Italy's part". Juncker earlier hit back at growing criticism of
the EU executive from Renzi in an unusual frontal attack on a
member State's head of government.
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