№199: A Backup Partnership: The Significance of Franco-Italian Relations for the EU and NATO
№199: A Backup Partnership: The Significance of Franco-Italian Relations for the EU and NATO

Author(s): Łukasz Maślanka
Contributor(s): Sławomir Dębski (Editor), Patrycja Sasnal (Editor), Wojciech Lorenz (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics, Economic policy, International relations/trade, Geopolitics
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: EU; NATO; France; Italy; foreign policy; geopolitics; economy;
Summary/Abstract: Ideological disputes, different approaches to the migration-management crisis, and rivalry in the Mediterranean have hampered the development of Franco-Italian relations in recent years. France’s preferred partnership with Germany will remain the basis of its European policy. Good relations between new Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and President Emmanuel Macron create the ground for Franco-Italian rapprochement, especially in view of Germany's lower activity in the EU before the elections to the Bundestag. Conflicting economic and geopolitical interests, though, may be an obstacle to Franco-Italian cooperation.

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