Brussels bigwigs have warned Italy to respect pacts with the eurozone after the nation’s Prime Minister chose to support earthquake sufferers instead of balancing its books under EU regulations. Matteo Renzi locked horns with chief Eurocrat Jean Claude Juncker after saying he will balance his budget in favour of earthquake hit regions and to support regions coping with an influx of new migrants “whether Brussels officials like it or not”. Under the EU Stability and Growth pact nations must keep their budget deficits below three per cent, and support a national debt of less than 60 per cent of GDP. But Italy is being kept under a tight leash after its debt soared to 142.31 per cent of GDP. Mr Renzi said: "Juncker says I'm being quarrelsome. "Respecting the rules is one thing, the possibility…