Gentiloni backs Merkel: Europe must forge its own future
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni says he shares German Chancellor Angela Merkel's sentiment that Europeans must take their future into their own hands.
During a press conference Tuesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Gentiloni affirmed the importance of ties with the United States, but said: "We have fundamentally different goals which we cannot renounce, such as climate."
Gentiloni was responding to a question about German Chancellor Angela Merkel's weekend remark that "we Europeans must really take our destiny in our own hands."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The comments underline the shift in the relationship between the United States and Europe following a NATO meeting in Brussels and Group of Seven summit in Sicily with President Donald Trump.
Trudeau is in Italy to promote trade and cultural ties.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}This story has been corrected to change Trudeau's title to prime minister not premier. In Italy, the two titles are used interchangeably.