An ever more united Europe will be
able to overcome the challenges facing it including the one
posed by Russia in its war on Ukraine, President Sergio
Mattarella said in marking the coming into force of the
Quirinal Treaty bringing Italy into its closest ever alliance
with France on Wednesday.
"Together with all our partners, in a spirit of genuine European
solidarity, we will also be able to overcome the challenges that
the Russian aggression against Ukraine has brought to global
security and prosperity, by taking the necessary decisions so
that the European Union will be able to respond quickly and
effectively to the challenges of our times", said Mattarella in
a statement on the landmark treaty putting Italo-French ties on
a par with Franco-German ones.
The Quirinal Treaty, he went on, "is animated by a common vision
of the future, which will allow France and Italy not only to
make the bonds of friendship that unite them even more solid,
but to stimulate a further consolidation of the integration
process and a strengthening of our common institutions.
"With the entry into force of the Treaty, France and Italy are
even more united to defend and promote the founding values of
our societies: peace, freedom, human rights, sustainable
economic and social progress, while respecting the environment."
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