Macron and Meloni Seek Restart of French-Italian Relations in Antibes

On June 25, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will meet in Antibes for their first official bilateral summit. The meeting marks an important step in the relations between Paris and Rome, which in recent years have been characterized by tensions but also by growing strategic rapprochement. For both governments, much more is at stake than just maintaining good neighborly relations: it concerns the role of Southern Europe within the European Union and the joint response to the major challenges of our time. From Conflict to ...