Saturday, August 20, 2016

Units and migrants, the Mattarella calls – Il Sole 24 Ore

At the country that raises the tone and breaks, on the eve of the referendum on constitutional reforms that nonetheless never mentions, recalls that “the moments of unity they are decisive in the life of a nation, and sometimes are also dutiful “. All’Italia frightened by immigration emphasizes the importance of “us” against the ” I ‘, of solidarity against selfishness, against the walls of the bridges. The oldest nation in Europe highlights the need to “give space to the vision of young people, without being overcome by fear,” without resorting to old solutions to completely new issues. The state in the crosshairs of the fundamentalists, like the rest of the West, provides: “With our civilization, and without renouncing it, we will defeat the terrorists.”



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the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, spoke yesterday to inaugurate the 37th edition of the Meeting for Friendship among peoples, traces the ideal that should guide the policy to recovery after the summer break. A crucial test, that of the coming months, the ‘young’ Italian Republic, who just turned 70, who has already faced “challenging tests,” and that now “to become stronger needs renewed enthusiasm, brotherhood, curiosity about the other, the desire for the future, the courage to confront the new challenges. “

in front of many boys gathered at the Meeting and to an audience of many entrepreneurs (among others the CEO of Eni Claudio Descalzi, the colleague Leonardo-Finmeccanica Mauro Moretti and Bologna philanthropist Marino Golinelli), Mattarella stresses that “the attitude of young people to become protagonists of its history it is the life energy of a country: this boost is worth more than any economic index or stock. ” Are the new generations the main resource, and the difficulty of access to the labor market “perhaps the biggest problem” of today’s Italy.

If the lectio Gasperi Thursday the president had praised “the virtue of patience” in a democracy, now he deepens the reasoning and urges not to let the public discussion, including the political one, is dominated by this: “Go from me to we allow us to look further afield. ” And what is the “we”? “It is the community. It is also the story. It’s democracy. ” Taking refuge in selfishness that “does not generate civil redemption,” “the whole society becomes weaker and less creative,” while “the future we build together.” No illusion that “the world belongs only to those who think like us, often pouring out of those who think differently only hatred and bitterness.”

strong resounds the call to unity of the country: “We have to work hard to mend wounds and make Italy stronger, more united, more competitive, more important for European integration.” As? Mattarella lists the factors by which switches the machine, which is winning “never acquired once and for all”: the South growth, jobs for young people, the fight against poverty and inequality, women’s employment, the reconciliation of nursing time and labor, the development of social and community networks, to consolidate the welfare state “without depriving it of its universal nature.”

In reference to the founding of the Republic is in filigree the invitation to consider the consultation of autumn on reforms as an opportunity not to destroy it to share: “The Republic was established by a referendum, and therefore from a democratic debate. The division of the guidelines, however, has been translated into an extraordinary unified force. ” About democratic elites “who were able to understand what united them, beyond the legitimate differences.” Mattarella defends the value of the change: the democracies’ always need to welcome into their institutions innovations and living forces. ” Just that the lesson of the past is always kept in mind, that the “beacon” are the “principles of our Constitution, contained in its first part.” One that should be remembered, will not be touched by the referendum. The set of values ​​with which to face “with seriousness and sense of responsibility,” the phenomenon of migration. No illusion that can be resolved with the sign ‘no entry’ or ‘unlikely trenches. ”

Give in to the fears, old and new, warns the head of state, is a mistake harbinger of other vices: “Beware not to fall in ‘ mistake of assuming new false solutions already experienced and failed in the short twentieth century. we do not defend ourselves raising walls to the outside or creating dividing barriers within us. On the contrary. ” The right way is the opposite: “Start again to build bridges and cohesion and development paths.” Apprehension “understandable” for the wave of migration should therefore not lead to distorting “our achievements, our civilization, our values.” Also because it is these, for Mattarella, along with the dialogue between faiths, our weapons against terrorism.

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