9 May 2023
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"To celebrate Europe Day to rediscover that identity and values that have started the EU's path, and above all to reflect on the Europe of tomorrow", thus the Minister for European Affairs, the South, Cohesion Policy and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Raffaele Fitto, in today’s confrontation with the many students of different Italian schools who participated in the event, at Experience Europe — David Sassoli, organised by the Representation of EU institutions in Italy.
"It is necessary to treasure the mistakes of the past, as COVID taught us first and then the war in Ukraine, to live up to the challenges we face. Challenges that involve essential changes in order to outline the future of the European Union, which must return to play a leading role in the Mediterranean. Because, as Aldo Moro reminds us, 'no one is called to choose between being in Europe and being in the Mediterranean, since the whole of Europe is in the Mediterranean'. So there's no choice. The only possible one is to face with true unity and solidarity the fundamental changes for our future: strengthening European strategic autonomy from a political, economic, industrial point of view, as well as the management and combating of illegal immigration. Italy and the Government of Giorgia Meloni are ready, in the coming months, with seriousness and responsibility to play a leading role on all these issues", concluded Minister Fitto.
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