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👇Yes it’s France v Italy. Not on the football pitch but in the pre European Parliament elections arena where Paris and Rome are (willingly) embodying the struggle between new populism and the European establishment. Temperatures are rising between the EU founding nations .. 1
France has recalled its Ambassador to Rome for first time since Italy declared war in 1940. France blames „repeated baseless“ political attacks by Italian gov. Cartoon points to Deputy PM di Maio meeting gilets jaunes + Italy re-thinking loaning da Vinci paintings to Louvre 2
But the Franco-Italian rivalry and acrimony runs deeper incl over Libya and the migration crisis and the economy. All now heightened as Macron/5Star/Lega compete for hearts, minds and allegiances to political visions ahead of European Parliamentary elections in May 3
