Editing Italy (section)

=== Foreign relations ===
{{Main|Foreign relations of Italy}}
[[File:G7 Taormina family photo 2017-05-26.jpg|thumb|Group photo of the [[Group of Seven|G7]] leaders at the [[43rd G7 summit]] in [[Taormina]], Sicily]]

Italy is a founding member of the [[European Economic Community]] (EEC), now the European Union (EU), and of [[NATO]]. Italy was admitted to the United Nations in 1955, and is a member and strong supporter of international organisations, such as the [[OECD]], the [[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]]/[[World Trade Organization]] (GATT/WTO), the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE), the [[Council of Europe]], and the [[Central European Initiative]]. Its turns in the rotating presidencies of international organisations include the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] in 2018, [[G7]] in 2017, and the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union|EU Council]] in 2014. Italy is a recurrent [[List of members of the United Nations Security Council|non-permanent member]] of the [[UN Security Council]].

Italy strongly supports multilateral international politics, endorsing the UN and its international security activities. In 2013, Italy had 5,296 troops deployed abroad, engaged in 33 UN and NATO missions in 25 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Missioni/Attivita' Internazionali DAL 1 October 2013 AL 31 December 2013 – Situazione AL 11 December 2013 |url=http://www.difesa.it/OperazioniMilitari/Documents/SIT%20ANNO%202013%20al%2011%20dicembre%202013.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201175427/http://www.difesa.it/OperazioniMilitari/Documents/SIT%20ANNO%202013%20al%2011%20dicembre%202013.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2014|access-date=27 January 2014|publisher=Italian Ministry of Defence}}</ref> Italy deployed troops in support of UN peacekeeping missions in [[UNITAF|Somalia]], [[United Nations Operation in Mozambique|Mozambique]], and [[United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor|East Timor]]. Italy provides support for NATO and UN operations in [[IFOR|Bosnia]], [[Kosovo Force|Kosovo]], and [[Operation Sunrise (Albania)|Albania]], and deployed over 2,000 troops to Afghanistan in support of [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] (OEF) from 2003.

Italy supported international efforts to reconstruct and stabilise Iraq, but it had withdrawn its [[Multi-National Force – Iraq#2006 withdrawals|military contingent]] of 3,200 troops by 2006. In August 2006, Italy deployed about 2,450 troops for the [[United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon]].<ref>[http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2006/08_Agosto/29/libano.shtml "Italian soldiers leave for Lebanon"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902001118/http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2006/08_Agosto/29/libano.shtml|date=2 September 2006}} Corriere della Sera, 30 August 2006</ref> Italy is one of the largest financiers of the [[Palestinian Authority]], contributing €60 million in 2013 alone.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 September 2013|title=Italy donates 60 million euros to PA|url=http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=626926|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018104825/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=626926|archive-date=18 October 2014|access-date=27 January 2014|agency=[[Ma'an News Agency]]}}</ref>