The Quirinal Treaty (french: Traité du Quirinal, it, Trattato del Quirinale), formally the Treaty between the French Republic and the Italian Republic for a Strengthened Bilateral Cooperation, is a bilateral agreement between the

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and the

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, which was signed by

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and

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at the

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, on 26 November 2021.

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The Treaty, consisting of 13 articles, "will promote the convergence of French and Italian positions, as well as the coordination of the two countries in matters of European and foreign policy, security and defence, migration policy, economy, education, research, culture and cross-border cooperation". According to both governments, the Treaty was the beginning of a new convergence between the two nations in the leadership and the advance of the

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. Moreover, the Treaty was seen as an attempt of Italy and France to play a key role in the EU after the retirement of the former German chancellor Angela Merkel.

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The project was started by Emmanuel Macron and

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in January 2018. However, it was set aside by the first government of

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, due to the reluctance and political opposition of its members, the right-wing

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and the populist

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(M5S). When Conte's second cabinet was formed between the M5S and the

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(PD), talks between Italy and France re-started. At the beginning of 2020 during a bilateral meeting in

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, Giuseppe Conte and Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed their willingness to sign the draft treaty. On 13 February 2021,

was appointed new Prime Minister and, on 17 February 2021 he declared that he wanted to better structure the relation between his country and France. Emmanuel Macron shared the same view on 5 July 2021 on the occasion of the visit to the

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by the President of the Italian Republic

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. On 26 November 2021, Draghi and Macron signed the treaty at the Quirinal Palace. During a press conference at

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, Macron stated that "Italy and France share much more than borders. History, art, economies and society had been intertwined for a long time. The institutions we have the honor of representing are based on the same republican values, on respect for human and civil rights and on Europeanism." While Draghi said: "Our sovereignty, understood as the ability to achieve the future we want, can only be strengthened through a shared management of common challenges. We want to favor and accelerate the process of

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