NAPLES — The leaders of Germany, France and Italy are meeting on Monday to discuss how to keep the European project together in the second set of talks between the premiers of the eurozone’s three largest economies since Britain’s vote to leave the bloc.Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is hosting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on an island off the coast of Naples ahead of September’s EU summit called to discuss reverberations from the Brexit vote.Officials in Brussels and Berlin fear the June 23 vote could lead to a referendum in the Netherlands on whether to leave the bloc."Monday aims to show the unity of Europe’s three biggest countries but not to create a specific club," a French diplomatic source said, noting that the aim was to prepare the groundwork for the forthcoming Bratislava summit.Merkel wants to cement "a better Europe" rather than forge ahead with "more Europe". Renzi wants Italy to have a strong voice in how the bloc’s futur...
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