Treaty of the Quirinale, what Macron, Mattarella and Draghi said
All the declarations by Draghi, Macron and Mattarella on the Quirinal Treaty signed on Friday 26 November
Today the Prime Minister Mario Draghi and the French President Emmanuel Macron signed , in the presence of Sergio Mattarella, the " Treaty between the Italian Republic and the French Republic for enhanced bilateral cooperation ", informally known as the "Quirinale Treaty".
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This is an agreement ( here the full text ) on the strengthening of contacts and the political-economic alignment between Rome and Paris, and which could recalibrate the balance of power within the European Union, historically led by France and Germany.
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Negotiations on the Italian-French treaty began in 2018 when Paolo Gentiloni was prime minister; they were interrupted during the Conte government, together with the deterioration of relations between Rome and Paris; and recently reprized with Mario Draghi. Within the center-right, the pact was criticized above all by Giorgia Meloni of Fratelli d'Italia, while the Lega and Forza Italia were more open.
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The one signed at the Quirinale “is a treaty 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 ”, Sergio Mattarella told Emmanuel Macron, as reported by ANSA .
“The European dimension”, continued the Italian president, “is the key element” to “overcome the crisis linked to the 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 cooperation and stimulate common initiatives are an investment in the common future of Italy and France ”.
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For Draghi, the signing of the treaty "marks a historic moment in relations" between Italy and France, which share "the same republican values" and now "further consolidate their closeness, their diplomatic, commercial, political and cultural ties".
“In recent months,” said Draghi, “relations between our countries have further intensified. I am referring to the common commitment against terrorism ”or to that“ in favor of stability in Libya , thanks also to the international conference in Paris this month ”. “We are allies in the great global challenges, from managing the pandemic to fighting climate change”, continued Draghi.
The prime minister stated that "France can count on Italy's full support in the forthcoming six-month presidency of the European Union" and that the treaty "arises precisely from the awareness of the depth of our ties. We strengthen cooperation between our two states, we create institutional tools to make it more structural ”and“ we intervene in the crucial sectors for our countries, from security to justice, from research to industry ”. At this point, Draghi announced the conclusion, today, of a bilateral cooperation agreement on space.
Among the "concrete initiatives" present in the Quirinal Treaty, Draghi cited "the establishment of an Italian-French civil service", a "shared unit in support of the police", a "cross-border cooperation committee", greater "Cooperation in the energy and technology field" and the recognition of a policy for managing migratory flows and asylum applications "shared" at the level of the European Union.
Draghi also announced the creation of a "mechanism whereby, at least once every quarter, an Italian minister will participate in a council of ministers of the French government, and vice versa".
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Draghi then explained that "the deepest meaning of this treaty is that our sovereignty, understood as our ability to direct the future as we want, can only be strengthened through a shared management of common challenges". The agreement, he said, "intends to favor and accelerate the process of European integration" and encourage a relaunch of investments in semiconductors, digital and energy transitions, "the establishment of a true European defense".
“We must equip the European Union with tools that are compatible with our ambitions and the expectations of our citizens,” he concluded. "The treaty marks the beginning of this path".
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French President Emmanuel Macron spoke of a "commonality of talents, destinies, cultures" between Rome and Paris: "we are both countries that have given trade, industry, the second commercial partner for each other". "This treaty is to seal a new chapter and will allow us to build on these solid foundations […] this Italian-French house in which we, our ministers, our companies, our intellectuals and our posterity will be able to speak freely".
The agreement, Macron continued, supports the "common ambition for the European project" of Italy and France. "We will create a common geopolitical vision".
Among the industrial projects in which there will be greater cooperation, the French president mentioned hydrogen, the cloud and space.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/trattato-quirinale-italia-francia-dichiarazioni/ on Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:19:52 +0000.