The European Commission recently assessed the budget plans for 2024 of member states, including that of Italy, which seems to be out of line with the recommendations of the EU Council. Italy has been asked to make changes and bring its public accounts into line with the Commission's recommendations. These statements were made by European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis during an interview from Davos. His fame precedes him, but also his achievements: unparalleled emigration recorded by censuses. From a population of 2 million 163 thousand in 2008, Latvia has fallen to 1 million 908 thousand in 2019. Krišjānis Kariņš is now his competitor, and this time, he comes from inside his party. But being born in the US, is maybe more open-minded and less keen to be once again a German kapo.