The German, French and Italian leaders meet on Monday to a meeting about the future of the EU after Brexit-vote.
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will host Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Francois Hollande on the island of Ventotene outside Naples .
EU bigwigs want to reach a consensus on the EU’s direction before the summit of Brexit in early September.
the Dutch outside right-wing demands for a similar vote on EU membership has caused concern if a chain reaction within the Union.
in order to prevent such a development would the leaders of what the British withdrawal will be the three major economies of the EU have a common line to present at the summit.
It is reported still to be some disagreement on economic issues.
Both Renzi and Hollande wants to see more direct investment and an end to austerity policies to spark growth.
Merkel said to stand by Germany’s current line and the current EU economic policy.
Gave birth to the dream of united Europe
Renzi chose Ventotene for its symbolic value as the island is considered to be the place where the dream of a united Europe was born.
Two Italian intellectuals wrote a manifesto of a political union in Europe that would prevent new wars on the continent.
Altiero Spinelli and Ernesto Rossi wrote in secret the so-called Ventotenemanifestet when they were detained on the island during World war II.
Spinelli and Rossi had been imprisoned for criticism of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and fascism and nationalism.
the manifesto, written on cigarette papers, smuggled from the island by the German anti-fascist activist Ursula Hirschman and circulated among the resistance Italy.
Spinelli is buried on the island and the three leaders will lay flowers on the grave later in the day.
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