Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks to the media during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Euronews: Italy: stop messing in other countries' affairs. France: mind your own business
After top Italian politicians launched a string of attacks on France, including criticising it for interfering in the affairs of African nations, a French minister has responded with a diplomatic request for Rome to mind its own business.
Agnès Pannier-Runacher, who serves as secretary of state in the French economics ministry, told Sasha Vakulina in Davos, that Italy's leaders would do better to focus on strengthening Europe's competitivity.
Italy's deputy prime minister, Luigi di Maio, earlier this week accused Paris of profiting from Africa by refusing to give up its colonial position.
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WNU Editor: As I just told my Canadian-Italian girlfriend right now .... I'm with the Italians on this one.
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