Germany, France and Italy unite to boost EU growth

State Secretaries for European Affairs, Michael Roth (Germany), Harlem Désir (France) and Sandro Gozi (Italien) met for trilateral consultations on the 30 July 2014 in Berlin.

The focus of the talks were the topics of growth and employment, migration and asylum policy as well as the rule of law and fundamental values.

They published a joint Statement 'For a European Union of values and solidarity, of prosperity and competitiveness'.

EUObserver reported on the 5 August 2014 that French President Francois Hollande said Germany should do more to support growth as France struggled to bring its budget deficit to within the EU threshold.

• Primary Source

Germany: Federal Foreign Office: Foreign and European Policy: Europe, 30.07.14: Trilateral consultations between the Ministers for Europe of Germany, France and Italy http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/sid_6DBC95D20A94D3C7E817BA9F8D7B293D/EN/Europa/Aktuell/140730-StMR-Desir-Gozi.html

http://www.euractiv.com/sections/euro-finance/hollande-urges-ecb-inject-liquidity-economy-307763 http://www.euractiv.com/sections/euro-finance/hollande-urges-ecb-inject-liquidity-economy-307763

EUObserver, 07.08.14:Italy slips back into recession, Germany rejects France growth appeal http://euobserver.com/economic/125204

ESO: Background information: Unemployment marks the divide between France and Germany http://www.europeansources.info/record/unemployment-marks-the-divide-between-france-and-germany/

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