The new head of the Italian government, Matteo Renzi, took a resolutely pro-European stance in his remarks to the Italian Senate outlining his government's programme, on 24 February. "The European tradition represents the best part of Italy and its certainty of having a future," he said, as Italy prepares to take on the rotating EU Council Presidency, on 1 July.
Renzi, aged 39, began his remarks to the upper chamber with a ringing plea for the European Union, which is…