BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italy should press ahead with reforms to improve its economic growth potential, the head of the European Union's executive arm said on Wednesday, after Italians voted to reject the austerity policies applied by outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti.
"The crisis is not yet over and efforts must not be relaxed," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in a joint statement with Monti after the two met for talks in Brussels.
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