Relationship dossier
Finland
Italy
Relationship assessment
Finland and Italy maintain cooperative relations supported by bilateral agreements and European cooperation.
Finland toward Italy
+20Finland has engaged in bilateral cooperation with Italy through agreements covering areas including cultural and scientific cooperation and taxation. The scope and current implementation of these arrangements are unclear.
Italy toward Finland
+20Italy has engaged in bilateral cooperation with Finland through agreements covering areas including cultural and scientific cooperation and taxation. The scope and current implementation of these arrangements are unclear.
Overall relationship
+20Bilateral agreements provide a cooperative foundation, while European institutional cooperation adds a durable setting for coordination. The known relationship is positive, though its depth beyond these arrangements is not clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Finland and Italy maintain cooperative relations, including bilateral agreements in areas such as cultural and scientific cooperation and taxation. Both also work together through European institutions, although shared forum membership alone does not define the relationship. The known bilateral arrangements support a modestly positive assessment; the breadth and current implementation of cooperation are unclear.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The extent of recent bilateral government coordination outside European institutions is unclear.