Il Trattato del Quirinale in una prospettiva storica

In the complex history of the Franco-Italian relationship, the treaty of the Quirinal (2022) is the arrival point of a long process that started at least in 1963, when the treaty of the Elysée was signed between France and Germany. In this article we will discuss how the Italian diplomacy reacted to it by examining three historical moments: a) the period between 1963 and the first enlargement of the EEC (1973); b) the negotiations for the treaty of Maastricht (1991), c) after Brexit (2016), France, Germany and Italy try to coordinate their policies before European summits