The military parade at the Imperial Forums had been missing for two years. The return is a sign of hope for a new normal after Covid, but the chosen theme also refers to the war in Ukraine: “Together with the defense of peace“. The president of the Republic Sergio Mattarella paid tribute to the altar of the Fatherland by opening the celebrations for the 76th anniversary of the Italian Republic on 2 June.
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June 2 is the day of the referendum in which in 1946 the Italians, with women voting for the first time, chose the Republic. The military parade, with the national anthem performed by The flight, was opened by a representation of the mayors with the tricolor band followed by civil health personnel. In the message to the Chief of Defense Staff, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Mattarella spoke of the war in Ukraine: “The attacks on civilians, the devastation of the cities in the heart of our Europe, we thought they belonged to a distant past, but the dramatic news of these days reminds us how stability and peace are not guaranteed forever. Peace does not impose itself on its own but is the fruit of the will and concrete commitment of men and States ”.
«The Republic is committed to building conditions of peace and its own Armed forceson the basis of the mandates entrusted by the Government and Parliament, contribute to this task. In Italy and abroad, they are confirmed as a precious resource, as also highlighted by the events of the management of the pandemic, wrote the head of state.
“As seventy-six years ago, we reaffirm the reasons that led the Italian people, after the sufferings of two world wars and the dictatorship, to go the long road to a democratic statewhose values of freedom, peace, equality and justice became the supreme reference principles for citizens and the country “.
The president underlines the importance of the Armed Forces, but also of citizens. “Italy and the entire international community play a central role in fostering dialogue. We must do it united, together. Our experience has shown us how stable and lasting coexistence can be built, even in the aftermath of bloody conflicts ».
– Sergio Mattarella, he is still our President of the Republic
– Sergio Mattarella, the day of the oath
Source: Vanity Fair
