r/Monaco • u/2024-2025 • 24d ago
Who’s Monaco’s best friend and whose their “enemy”?
What country do you consider to be the best friend of monaco?
I know it’s probably hard to pick an enemy, but what’s the closest country to be an “enemy” to Monaco?
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u/PistaCaster 24d ago
Best friend and enemy are the Pastor family, if you know you know
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u/Surtide 24d ago
I don’t know, explain pls
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u/BeachBoycrew 24d ago
The Pastor family is a very wealthy and politically strong family of Monaco. They are 2nd only to the ruling Grimaldi family in terms of power and influence. Much (most?) of their wealth comes from their extensive real estate holdings within Monaco.
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u/LikeIGiveAShoot 21d ago
Are the Pastors the ones who had fireworks on the night Caroline's husband died in a speedboat accident or something?
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u/makk73 24d ago
Monaco is Monaco’s best friend.
Enemies?
San Marino and Liechtenstein
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u/Junior-Dealer-710 24d ago edited 24d ago
Best friend Italy and enemy France (officially on our side BUT you could never imagine how jealous many french people are, plus they are the ones generally criticizing and badmouthing the Principalty, "it's too small", "it's too overbuilt", "it's too crowded", "it's too bling bling", it's too this or that or the other - but nonetheless very happy to take the generous money back home when they work here, and they all want to get our social security and to put their kids in our schools).
They are also more than happy if/when they can harm Monegasques, take their jobs etc. so yeah, definitely enemies and with far more power and network than most think or realize.
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u/Greedy_End3168 23d ago
Europe is the fiscal enemy but protects Monaco in times of war and especially France
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u/0hran- 24d ago
Best friend France and enemy France.