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		</div><p>France is recalling its ambassador to Italy amid mounting tensions relating to yellow vest protesters.</p>
<p>Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll said in a statement that the ambassador is being brought back for “consultations”, and urged Italy to return to friendly relations worthy of “our common destiny”.</p>
<p>France’s Foreign Ministry called that an “unacceptable” interference in French democracy, and unprecedented since the two neighbours joined together after World War Two to help create the European Union.</p>
<p>“The campaign for the European elections cannot justify the lack of respect for each people or for their democracy,” Ms von der Muhll said.</p>
<figure id="attachment_125539" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-125539" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/84784D6B-59C6-45E2-8154-8AA0D4D2929C.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-125539" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/84784D6B-59C6-45E2-8154-8AA0D4D2929C.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-125539" class="wp-caption-text">Italian deputy premier Luigi Di Maio</figcaption></figure>
<p>Italy’s deputy prime minister Luigi Di Maio met earlier this week with supporters of a yellow vest group seeking to run in the European Parliament elections in May.</p>
<p>Mr Di Maio has said his populist movement is ready to help France’s anti-government protesters, and has accused France of fuelling Europe’s migrant crisis.</p>
<p>Mr Di Maio’s meeting with yellow vest activists came after Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini called President Macron “a terrible president” in January.</p>
<p>He said he hoped French voters would send President Macron a message during the European elections by showing their support for far-right leader Marine Le Pen, with whom Mr Salvini is allied in European politics.</p>
<p>Mr Di Maio had already sparked annoyance in January when he accused France of leading colonial-style policies in Africa, prompting the French Foreign Ministry to summon the Italian ambassador.</p>
<p>And the Italian government last autumn accused France of dumping underage migrants over the border without authorisation.</p>
<p>“For several months, France has been the subject of repeated accusations, unfounded attacks and outrageous declarations,” Ms von der Muhll said.</p>
<p>“This is unprecedented since the end of (World War II). To have disagreements is one thing, to exploit the relationship for electoral purposes is another.”</p>
<p>After meeting with members of the Citizens’ Initiative Rally group of yellow vests on Tuesday, Mr Di Maio boasted on Twitter that “the wind of change has crossed the Alps”.</p>
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