Bianca Berlinguer: “Luigi Manconi and I are waiting for a truce from Covid to get married”

That Bianca Berlinguer at 62 he was ready to go to the altar with his historical companion Luigi Manconi, 73, had been discovered last December, when the couple had posted their wedding banns in Rome. The ceremony, however, has not yet taken place: “We are waiting for a respite from Covid to get married», Explained the presenter of Cartabianca al Corriere della Sera.

The daughter of the historic PCI leader Enrico Berlinguer and her companion, writer and former senator as well as professor of Sociology in Milan, they have been together for twenty-five years and have a daughter, the twenty-three year old Giulia. Why did they decide to say “yes” right now? Alla Morvillo the presenter explained that it was a choice that came “suddenly, perhaps to virtually celebrate the silver wedding, but ask me no more. If a weekly hadn’t noticed the publications, we would never tell“. In fact, the two have always kept their private life away from the spotlight.

Their bond, however, has always been very solid, and Berlinguer herself said that it became even stronger in the face of a very difficult moment. Manconi in 2007 «he lost his sight due to a pathology and this was an important test for all of us“. A test that «involves the whole family», but «Luigi was brave and brave: he managed to continue his life as before, he writes books, editorials, organizes conferences, chairs his non-profit organization on rights ».

Both the presenter and the partner have important stories behind them. He has two other children, Davide and Giacomo, the result of a previous relationship; Bianca was married to her colleague Stefano Marroni (the divorce arrived in 1995 but the two have maintained excellent relations). In May 2021, to the program Beasts, Berlinguer had said: “The love? I’m fine like this, I have no desire to get married… ». Within a few months he changed his mind. And Covid, permitting, is ready to say, for the second time, “yes”.

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