Meeting between François Hollande and Mario Monti
18th June 2012On 14th June the President of the Italian Council, Mario Monti hosted the President of the French Republic, François Hollande in Rome. In view of the European Council on 28th and 29th June the two leaders said they wanted to strengthen the means available to the EU in order to rise to the economic crisis and expressed their desire for a policy that fostered more growth. Mr Hollande declared that he had sent a"roadmap" to European Council President Herman van Rompuy summarising the three "principles" that France hopes to defend: the support of growth, greater financial stability and the strengthening of economic and monetary Union." Mr Monti declared that he shared François Hollande's goals and that Europe needed "new financial instruments" and that disagreements between the two leaders were "purely technical".
Read