Macron in Italy sees Mattarella: "Together for a stronger European Union"

French President Emmanuel Macron visits Italy for the signing of the "Quirinale Treaty".

A treaty, said the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella while meeting him, for "a strengthened bilateral cooperation" that "unites two founding countries of the European Union that share the commitment to build the great European project. A stronger relationship between Italy and France contributes to building a stronger EU, all the more necessary today in the face of challenges that only a more integrated Europe can face, as the pandemic crisis has highlighted ".

"The strengthened cooperation between Italy and France - he underlined - must have the objective of bringing the necessary ambition within the EU. The European dimension is the key element in a phase in which we are called to overcome the crisis linked to pandemic and to restart with renewed enthusiasm to successfully face the great challenges of the ecological and digital transition. The many measures envisaged to strengthen dialogue and cooperation and stimulate common initiatives are an investment in the common future of Italy and France ".

Macron - accompanied to Rome by the Foreign Ministers, Jean-Yves Le Drian, of the Economy Brune Le Maire, of the Defense Florence Parly, of the Interior Gérald Darmanin and by the Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune - then met with Prime Minister Mario Dragons at Palazzo Chigi.

The issues on the table include the comparison on the acquisition of Tim by the US fund Kkr which would undermine the French of Vivendi, but also the possible sale of Oto Melara to a Franco-German consortium, the 50/50 Naviris joint venture between Fincantieri and the French Naval Group, the collective redundancy procedure formalized by the French multinational Carrefour. And nuclear power, which the French want to accompany the transition to replace coal.

(Unioneonline / D)

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