June 2nd is Italian Republic Day, the Feast of Italians. According to the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, il is «a symbol of the discovery of freedom and democracy by our people. An appointment that strengthens citizens' loyalty and their support for the Republican system, in its articulation, unitary and respectful, at the same time, of the territorial and social autonomies.
Open to Europe, Italy has been guided, in this path, by the indications of its Constitution; from the awareness of an increasingly accentuated ...
interdependence among people; from the bitter lesson of the bloody conflicts of the twentieth century. Only the path of collaboration and dialogue allows us to overcome opposition and promote mutual interest in the international community.
The Italian Republic, with acceptance of responsibility in the global context, has contributed, for its part, to the definition of multilateral models and balances aimed at universally guaranteeing peace, development, promotion of human rights.
It is also why, we cannot underestimate the tensions that have manifested themselves, and that manifest themselves, provoking conflicts and endangering peace in many places of the world.
We should recall that - in every area - freedom and democracy are not compatible with those who fuel conflicts, with those who aim at creating insane opposition among identities, with those who foment clashes, with the continuous search for an enemy to be identified, with those who limit the pluralism.
The values of civilizations and cultures of all people radically contrast with that drift and, instead, call on a firm foundation of humanity, to trust in progress. As far as we are concerned, in this year, which is the five hundredth anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, we feel this perspective, in an even more demanding way.
We need to practice attention and mutual respect, in international freedom and legality, to advance on the path of progress, with the dynamism that marks the contemporary world in which we live».
