TOPSHOTS German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi smile during the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) on October 16, 2014 in Milan. The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) was created in 1996 as a forum for dialogue and cooperation between Europe and Asia held every two years alternatively in Asia and Europe. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL DAL ZENNARO