“The Republic must always know how to renew.” To write in an article on Italianieuropei magazine is the president of the Republic Sergio Mattarella on the occasion of the special issue of June 2 for the seventy years of the women’s vote, the referendum Republic-monarchy and the election of ‘ constituent assembly. The Head of State takes sides as well in view of the confirmatory referendum for constitutional reforms next October. Its position in favor of the Bill Woods already emerged last February, when in front of the Columbia University students in New York said: “The Senate reform will affect efficiency and speed of decisions.” Today, like its predecessor Giorgio Napolitano , suggests his support for the measure: “The Republic”, the article states, “the mirror of its citizens and, together, the bulwark of their liberty must always know innovate, adopt the most efficient and transparent, regain their full confidence, weakened by years of economic crisis, of lower fertility
Mattarella invites to assess the scope of the ” historic breakthrough “ June 2, 1946 – when Italy chose the Republic – in order to” know renew “and regain momentum for a” better future “of Italy. According to the Head of State is just the republican form in making us “more communities.” “The unified path of the nation – he said – was able to resume from the rubble left by the dictatorship, after the atrocities of the war and Nazi occupation, thanks to the spirit of citizenship, sharing, co-responsibility that arose precisely from Republican profession.” That spirit has contributed to the “growth of the country”, to “the reconstruction in democracy (while this was slow to establish itself in other southern states of Europe)” which Mattarella defines a “ political masterpiece ” .
“in postwar democracy has allowed us to make great strides as a country,” he adds. And “the right choice for the Republic gave an impulse and decisive support for democracy and national unity to this acceleration.” The President remarked as “the implementation and development of democracy in the hard post-war years and in the following decades have not been an easy task.” But at the same time, “the Republican setting pushed us to deal with awareness the most dramatic steps, external and internal threats. We can say that at crucial moments have occurred nationally and popular feeling pride for the common good “. That spirit, that sense “of Republican responsibility that has become part of our civil ethics” today, during the seventieth birthday in the midst of a global and epochal change that affects not only the economy, and not only puts into question the size state “are vital for Italy.
” the Republic confirms its nature as a great democratic opportunity – continues Mattarella – the Republic is the area (and the institution) that allows our people to play a leading role in front of the geopolitical changes , to migration flows, the instability caused by war, violence, poverty. The Republic, the mirror of its citizens and, together, the bulwark of their liberty should always know innovate, adopt more effective and transparent, regain their full confidence, weakened by years of economic crisis, the lower fertility of the democratic system. The Republic remains the living space . It remains a bridge. To Europe, which is our destiny and our opportunities in the global world. ” And he concludes: “The Republican choice was, then, the result of a long look – he concludes – I am convinced that we have all the energy to design a better future together.”
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