NAPLES — Britain’s exit would not lead to the demise of the EU, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi vowed on Monday."Many thought the EU was finished after Brexit but that is not how it is," Renzi said as he welcomed the leaders of France and Germany for crucial talks on how to revive the European project in the wake of the Brexit referendum shock."We want to write a better page (in European history)."French President Francois Hollande said Europe was faced with a risk of "fragmentation and division", while German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalled that the EU had been born from some of the "darkest moments" of European history.The three leaders were speaking ahead of a working dinner aboard the Giuseppe Garibaldi aircraft carrier, anchored off the island of Ventotene, one of the cradles of the dream of a united, integrated Europe. They are hoping to forge a common position ahead of a summit of 27 EU states in Bratislava in September. Britain is not invited.On the trio’s agenda were ...
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