Relations between France and the countries of southern Europe have not always been easy in recent years.
The financial crisis, devastating for Greece, the Libyan crisis, a source of frustration for Italy, the former colonial power and finally the migration crisis, with its effect of submersion for Greece and for Italy, had created resentment vis-à-vis France, a middle country torn between its natural inclination for the South and its need to advance alongside German strength and rigor.
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Since last summer, the bilateral link between Paris and Athens has been at its zenith, and not just because Greece bought Rafale (*) from France.
Faced with the deployment of Turkish warships accompanying hydrocarbon exploration vessels in the Greek maritime space, Emmanuel Macron has always given his full support to Athens, whose maritime sovereignty was contested.
In June 2020, when the French frigate
Courbet
had
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