The mayor of Nice and the presidents of the Italian provinces of Imperia and Cuneo launched a “Cross-border Alliance of the Southern Alps’ The aim is to create a ‘Euroregion’ accelerating common transport projects, health or ecological transition. The Quirinal Treaty signed in 2021 between France and Italy now offers the legal framework for an association more concrete.

“We want to join forces” to access better European funding, Christian Estrosi then explained.