<p>Wedding bells are in the air between Italy and France's flagship champions of state-backed industry. The Fiat-Chrysler-Renault merger would create the world's third-largest automaker. Perhaps even the first - but only if Renault's alliance partner Nissan signs on. Nissan was left in the dark over negotiations after resisting a full merger with Renault. It will have to decide if it is willing to trade market share for autonomy. Someone will probably have to swallow a whole lot of national pride.</p><br />Produced by Alessandro XENOS, Juliette LAURAIN and Ingri BERGO<br /><br />Visit our website:<br />http://www.france24.com<br /><br />Like us on Facebook:<br />https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter:<br />https://twitter.com/France24_en<br />
