France, June 3 -- Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will host France's President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday in talks seen as an attempt to ease tensions after years of strained relations and recent jibes between the European leaders.

The far-right Italian prime minister will host a one-on-one meeting on Tuesday evening with the French president, in what Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper called a "turning point summit".

"Meloni reconciles with Macron," added the Il Messaggero daily, describing the meeting as a "thaw".

It was Macron who proposed the visit, according to his team, "because it is his role to bring Europeans together and he is also keen to work with her."

The meeting comes just weeks after the tense relations betwee...