French President Macron welcomes Italian PM Gentiloni in Lyon Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri will take majority control over the French shipyard STX under an agreement thrashed out between Paris and Rome to end a diplomatic row, French government sources said Wednesday. French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni signed the agreement in the eastern French city of Lyon. IMAGES of Macron welcoming Gentiloni at the prefecture in Lyon