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- French President Emmanuel Macron visited Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Tuesday to improve bilateral relations amid tensions.
- The meeting followed recent disagreements over Ukraine policy, trade issues, and relations with the United States, highlighting differing national priorities.
- They addressed support measures for Ukraine’s security, discussed the Mercosur trade agreement, reviewed U.S. Tariff issues, and explored industrial collaboration between France and Italy, including recent leadership changes at the Franco-Italian automotive group Stellantis.
- Francesco Galietti from Policy Sonar emphasized that the purpose of the Macron-Meloni meeting is driven by practical needs rather than a desire to revive the Franco-Italian relationship.
- The visit aimed to strengthen ties despite hostility, address regional concerns like Russia's influence in Libya, and prepare for possible peace initiatives in Ukraine.
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The relationship was never good. More on the side of the president of the Italian Council of Ministers, who always perceived a certain arrogance in the character of her interlocutor, than on that of Emmanuel Macron himself, usually interested in pleasing his international partners. The strange episodes, the disagreements, even in the personal field, happened since Giorgia Meloni won the elections in September 2022. But it was on 16 May, in Alban…
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Hindustan TimesMacron to visit Meloni after rivalry creates tension on Ukraine, trade
By Michel Rose and Giselda Vagnoni
The meeting today at 6 p.m. at Palazzo Chigi between the Premier and the French President hopes that it will lay the foundations for a further strengthening of relations between the two countries, linked by deep bilateral relations and strategic economic cooperation, underline Italian sources
Emmanuel Macron wants to "ensure" that Rome and Paris are "able to move forward together on the essentials", particularly on the issues related to the war in Ukraine.
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