"Strong approximation of Rome and Berlin". In Contra to Paris

On Friday, an Italian-German intergovernmental summit will be held in Rome, headed by the German Chancellor and the Prime Minister of Italy. As La Repubblica writes, Friedrich Merz and Georgia Meloni have worked out a number of demands that they will want to present at the February European Council. Berlin's turn to Rome is to be caused by the increasing discord between Merz and French president Emanuel Macron.