Italy plans 'innovative measures' for EU

(ANSA) - Rome, May 28 - Italy is poised to kick-start job creation in the European economy with "innovative measures" when Rome takes over the revolving EU presidency in July, Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said Wednesday.
    "Europe is at a crossroads between a sputtering growth and a different speed of recovery," Padoan said. "The difference is in the hands of European policymakers and in particular of the Italian government".
    Padoan said he is "convinced" that Italy's EU presidency "will know how to create a turning point" in the European economy.
    "I received many congratulations (from European partners) and much openness to Italy's proposals to make growth and employment central through innovative measures and with a reconsideration of the general picture," Padoan told reporters while commenting on the resounding victory for Premier Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party in European elections last week-end.