Rome-Paris after the migrants case: a history of never easy relations between clashes, alliances and diplomatic rudeness

It can be opened by recalling the solemn motto that seals, since 1956, the exclusive twinning between Rome and Paris: “Only Paris is worthy of Roma; only Rome is worthy of Paris – only Paris is worthy of Rome, only Rome is worthy of Paris “.

If we look at history there is no doubt that this is the case. Rome and Paris are the two capitals of greatest significance, concrete and symbolic, of the continent.