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FRANCE-ITALY-DIPLOMACY
France won’t enter a ‘stupidity contest’ with Italy: minister
PARIS, Jan 23, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Paris will not be drawn into a “stupidity contest” with the populist government of Italy, where officials have launched verbal attacks on the French president, Europe Minister Nathalie Loiseau said Wednesday.
“Our intention is not to have a stupidity contest,” the French minister said, adding that the government would not wage a war of words or otherwise seek to retaliate against Rome.
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