Premier
Matteo Renzi had a heated exchange with German Chancellor Angela
Merkel during the European summit in Brussels in which he said “you
cannot tell us that you are donating blood to Europe, dear Angela,”
sources said on Friday.
The exchange
at the start of the second day of the summit when Renzi confronted
Merkel about Germany's opposition to rapid completion of the process
towards a banking union in the eurozone, the sources said.
Merkel is
said to have admitted that there have too many delays over this issue
due to a series of emergencies that the union has had to face Renzi's
stance was backed by several other leaders, including French
President Francois Hollande, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa
and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Earlier on
Friday Merkel's spokesperson denied speculation that there is a rift
between Italy and Berlin over migrants after Renzi said he was
against the EU being led solely by Germany. “I don't see any
conflict between the German government and the Italian one,”
Merkel's spokesperson Christiane Wirtz said. “There are intense
discussions about refugees at the European level”.
More:
Further
signs of internal conflicts inside the euro-circus.
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