This is France and Italy, supposedly friends and neighbours, engaged in verbal warmongering. The French have withdrawn their ambassador to Rome because the Italian vice-premier met leaders of the "gilets jaunes" (yellow vests) in France last Tuesday and backed their anti-government movement. President Emmanuel Macron has been severely wounded by the weekly demonstrations organized by the gilets jaunes. For several weeks he has been blogging and urging the gilets jaunes not to give up. That's why I wanted to meet the 'gilets jaunes.'

Source: CBC News February 09, 2019 16:19 UTC