Italy and France will continue “to do great things together. We will continue to move forward with the ambitions between our two countries and with the European ambitions”. The French president said, Emmanuel Macron in sight in Rome where he met the Italian Premier, Paolo Gentiloni. n the morning the two Leaders, accompanied by Minister Dario Franceschini, visited the Domus Aurea.
"We have important, historic and extraordinary relations with France", confirmed the Italian Prime Minister during the joint press conference held at Palazzo Chigi.
“I think – added Gentiloni – it is very important that we decided to give a more stable and more ambitious framework to the historical relations between Italy and France with the idea, which already emerged at the Lyon summit and which we focused on in this meeting, to put a group of people to work for a bilateral Italian-French treaty. We have always cooperated in an extraordinary way but we are convinced that it can make our relations even stronger and more systematic”.
Sul Treaty of the Quirinale the Premier explained that: “We want to give a more stable and ambitious framework to our relations – he continued – It is a treaty aimed at the future which can also be a contribution to the future of the EU. An Italian-French bilateral treaty”.
“There is a structural Franco-German relationship at the origin of Europe – Macron reiterated -. When France and Germany fail to agree, Europe cannot move forward. But that relationship is not exclusive. The link with Italy has another story, cultural ties, a special and specific friendship. And it is neither in competition nor inferior to but perfectly complementary to the Franco-German one. The relationship is strong at all levels and we wanted to give it a new form with the Treaty of the Quirinale".
OnXNUMX-XNUMX business days the French President stated that: “We want to make Europe more sovereign, united and democratic. She has been stuttering in recent years because long-term prospects were lacking.”
Then a hint to migrants: “Italy did an excellent job in 2017, to which I pay tribute, to reduce the destabilization caused by the migratory phenomenon. He has all my respect for the work he does."
