Relationship dossier
Italy
Philippines
Relationship assessment
Italy and the Philippines cooperate through bilateral agreements and engagement on labor and development.
Italy toward Philippines
+35The Italian government has engaged in bilateral cooperation with the Philippines, including through agreements signed during President Marcos’s 2023 visit to Italy on areas such as defense and agriculture.
Philippines toward Italy
+35The Philippine government has pursued bilateral cooperation with Italy, including through agreements signed during President Marcos’s 2023 visit covering areas such as defense and agriculture.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship includes practical government cooperation, reflected in agreements spanning several policy areas during the 2023 visit. Available details do not establish the depth or implementation of this cooperation across the full bilateral relationship.
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
Italy and the Philippines maintain a cooperative relationship, with bilateral engagement spanning labor, development cooperation and other areas. During Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s 2023 visit to Italy, the governments signed cooperation agreements, including in defense and agriculture. The scale and implementation of these arrangements are not clear enough to support a more extensive assessment.
Key developments
During President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s visit to Italy, the two governments signed cooperation agreements covering areas including defense and agriculture.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements are unclear.
- The breadth of ongoing cooperation beyond the areas covered by the 2023 agreements is uncertain.