Cohesion sounds good rather than the usual site. Got my positive wings on tonight
Bankers stick together <3
…”Dragon” would have been so much better, I think.
>Since Emmanuel Macron’s inauguration as French president in 2017, he has had to work with three Italian governments – not all of which made his life easy, to say the least.
As always, all blame is put on Italy and none on France in this kind of articles written by French journalists.
>Therefore, rather than being a lonely leader, Paris will need to build on the fact that Rome now shares its vision for Europe – as reflected in the fact that Draghi used the phrase “ever closer EU integration” in his maiden speech in the Italian Senate in February 2021.
Right, Rome ***now*** shares this vision for Europe, it’s not like the phrase “ever closer union” was written by a group of people including Italians, co-founders of the EEC, in the Treaties of *Rome* in **1957**. And before that, it’s not like the Ventotene Manifesto, written by Italians who were exiled by the fascists in **1941**, was a seminal work that helped start a federalist and political European movement. It can’t be, only the French have a vision for Europe!
>The Draghi government has distanced itself from its predecessors’ courtship of Beijing – which led Italy to become the only EU country that has signed a memorandum of understanding on China’s Silk Road, and which involved public praise of Chinese medical aid during the pandemic.
Did you hear that Europeans? You are only allowed to receive help from approved countries now. What counts is apparently the flag on the boxes, not their contents. Remember, next time that a tragedy happens in your country, of any kind, when people are overwhelmed with fear, sorrow, pain, complete disruption of their lives, you cannot completely loose it: you have to maintain enough composure and thought because you have to check if the aid is coming from ~~regime~~-approved sources, you wouldn’t want to dishonour your country by accepting the wrong kind of aid, would you?
>Italy could also help operationalise the French-sponsored EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
I hope not, Italy has no colonies in the Indo-Pacific. France takes much pride in sending its military wherever it wants, often fucking it up with horrible ripple effects for others, they can do it on their own this time too.
>While ad hoc cooperation between France and Italy is crucial, the two countries should further institutionalise their relationship if they want it to survive the next crisis. Signing the Quirinal Treaty before the end of the year would be an important step towards a stronger, more resilient Franco-Italian partnership.
The irony of all the articles about the Quirinal Treaty is that they always include huge calls for lobbying and urgency, but what makes this one exceedingly funny is that it previously talked about “an Italian public debate that often focuses on France versus a French public debate that rarely touches on Italy”. Nobody is talking about the Quirinal Treaty in Italy though, while France can’t stop thinking about it.
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Cohesion sounds good rather than the usual site. Got my positive wings on tonight
Bankers stick together <3
…”Dragon” would have been so much better, I think.
>Since Emmanuel Macron’s inauguration as French president in 2017, he has had to work with three Italian governments – not all of which made his life easy, to say the least.
As always, all blame is put on Italy and none on France in this kind of articles written by French journalists.
>Therefore, rather than being a lonely leader, Paris will need to build on the fact that Rome now shares its vision for Europe – as reflected in the fact that Draghi used the phrase “ever closer EU integration” in his maiden speech in the Italian Senate in February 2021.
Right, Rome ***now*** shares this vision for Europe, it’s not like the phrase “ever closer union” was written by a group of people including Italians, co-founders of the EEC, in the Treaties of *Rome* in **1957**. And before that, it’s not like the Ventotene Manifesto, written by Italians who were exiled by the fascists in **1941**, was a seminal work that helped start a federalist and political European movement. It can’t be, only the French have a vision for Europe!
>The Draghi government has distanced itself from its predecessors’ courtship of Beijing – which led Italy to become the only EU country that has signed a memorandum of understanding on China’s Silk Road, and which involved public praise of Chinese medical aid during the pandemic.
Did you hear that Europeans? You are only allowed to receive help from approved countries now. What counts is apparently the flag on the boxes, not their contents. Remember, next time that a tragedy happens in your country, of any kind, when people are overwhelmed with fear, sorrow, pain, complete disruption of their lives, you cannot completely loose it: you have to maintain enough composure and thought because you have to check if the aid is coming from ~~regime~~-approved sources, you wouldn’t want to dishonour your country by accepting the wrong kind of aid, would you?
>Italy could also help operationalise the French-sponsored EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
I hope not, Italy has no colonies in the Indo-Pacific. France takes much pride in sending its military wherever it wants, often fucking it up with horrible ripple effects for others, they can do it on their own this time too.
>While ad hoc cooperation between France and Italy is crucial, the two countries should further institutionalise their relationship if they want it to survive the next crisis. Signing the Quirinal Treaty before the end of the year would be an important step towards a stronger, more resilient Franco-Italian partnership.
The irony of all the articles about the Quirinal Treaty is that they always include huge calls for lobbying and urgency, but what makes this one exceedingly funny is that it previously talked about “an Italian public debate that often focuses on France versus a French public debate that rarely touches on Italy”. Nobody is talking about the Quirinal Treaty in Italy though, while France can’t stop thinking about it.
You did not just do that lol
Cringe