Meloni, reactions to the letter. Kalinda: “It’s good to know her worth.” PD: “But it doesn’t say anti-fascist republic”

The controversy around April 25 did not subside until the day of the celebration. while in attendance President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella The ceremony was held in Piazza Venezia on the occasion of Liberation Day, with the words of the message given by the Prime Minister. Giorgia Meloni wrote to Corriere della Sera: «It is clear that April 25, 1945 marks a turning point for Italy: The end of World War II, the Nazi occupation, the fascist period, anti-Jewish persecutions, bombings, and many other calamities and deprivations that have plagued our national community for so long. Unfortunately, the same date also did not mark the end of the bloody civil war that tore the Italian people apart, which continued in some regions and even divided individual families, overwhelmed by a maelstrom of hatred that led to summary executions even after many months. The end of the conflict. Just as we must remember that while millions of Italians returned that day for a taste of freedom, for hundreds of thousands of our compatriots from Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia Instead, a second wave of massacres and the drama of mass exodus from their lands began. But the main fruit of the 25th of April was, and still is, affirmation of democratic values, Trampled by fascism and we find it engraved in the republican constitution ».

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Central left doubts

The prime minister also wrote that “for many years, as any honest observer will admit, the right-wing parties in parliament have declared themselves Incompatibility with any nostalgia for fascism’, words which, however, were not considered an adequate position by centre-left opponents. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the message that appeared today in Corriere della Sera We’re talking about April 25th Like Freedom Day. For us, the day of liberation remains, because without liberation from Nazi fascism, there would be no freedom – as he comments Sandro Rotolo, Head of Media, Culture, Cultures and Memory of the Democratic Party– It is clear, then, that there is still an extreme reticence that cannot be overcome by speech. If the Italian right had done the math for some time, how could a serial agitator still be president of the senate? President Meloni reiterated her incompatibility with any nostalgia, and this time she could not define herself as an anti-fascist.” Senator Marco Meloni She underscores the same concept, with a Facebook post: “Giorgia Meloni says in Corriere della Sera that she is nostalgic for fascism. We will miss her. But he does not say that the republic is anti-fascist born of resistance. Still burning in the symbol of his party. Long live the partisans, long live the resistance. Long live liberation, long live democratic and anti-fascist Italy. # Happy April 25! ». Message of Prime Minister Georgia Meloni to Corriere della Sera in which she hopes April 25 will be “the moment of rediscovering harmony the National” , According to the leader of the movement, Carlo Calenda Rather, it is a “situation” in which we can debate whether different words can be used, but it is “a good thing” Meloni acknowledged that “perhaps today everyone should make an effort: instead of emphasizing the divisions, try to bring them back together.”

“With regard to the things President Giorgia Meloni says, I hope that the wish that April 25 will truly be a holiday for all and that anti-fascism is the foundational value of our democracy, will be a real, sincere and sincere wish,” said the mayor of Florence. Dario Nardella. PSI Secretary Enzo Maraioparticipating in the Menoria Path event in the Campo del Ghetto Novo, the official invitations of the PNA to Venice, I instead asked “Giorgia Meloni to utter a sentence to a government, which has not yet come to terms with its ‘roots’ and its history, that does not seem to be taken for granted: ‘Italy An anti-fascist republic.” The right’s incompatibility with any nostalgia for fascism, emphasized the prime minister, “is an almost obvious admission — he says instead Vice President of Italy Viva Maria Elena Bosque – I hope that the government will be less interested in creating quarrels about the past and concerned above all with the future of Italians, thus working in the interest of our country. April 25 should really be the feast of all Italians ». very Difficult Maurizio Acerbo, Leader of the People’s Republic of China: «Even today, Giorgia Meloni, with a long article in the Corriere, shows that the Italian right is still the heir of the fascists. He does not use the word liberation because this was not for the fascists like Giorgio Almirante who gave birth to MSI. Obviously not for the brotherhood of Italy and for the right as a whole ».

Orso: “We all get to know each other in Meloni’s letter”

On the other hand, the message of Meloni, Minister of Enterprise and Industry of Italy, is appreciated Adolfo Orso, who participated this morning in the party organized by the Jewish community of Rome at Porta San Paolo. “I think we all Italians recognize ourselves in the letter that Giorgia Meloni wrote to Corriere della Sera, in the values ​​it expresses and in the request for unity in the country which must be manifested in this celebration of freedom.” For Orso, the day “is a celebration of freedomwhere Italians rediscover freedom and all those who, like us, recognize themselves in the values ​​of the Constitution.” From Lecce Minister for European Affairs and Cohesion Policies and Pnrr, Raffaele FittoAnd he stressed on the sidelines of the Liberation Day celebration that was held in Partigiani Square: “It seems to me that the position that we have always represented on April 25 is moving in the direction of unity, not division. The words of Giorgia Meloni at Corriere della Sera and my presence here and Undersecretary Mantovano are a clear indication in this direction ». Mantofano adds: “The presence of the representatives of the government in almost all the squares of the Italian cities as well as the presence of the prime minister at the altar of the fatherland attest to the fact that the 25th of April is a celebration for all in which all are invited to know each other without exploitation”.

“Today is Freedom Day for all,” he repeats President of the Senate of the Brotherhood of Italy Lucio MallaN- On April 25, as Prime Minister Meloni reaffirmed, the democratic values ​​and principles suppressed by fascism and engraved in the Constitution, which guarantee the rights and freedom of all, are reaffirmed.” The Society of Rome, Ruth Dorigillo Stressing that there is «an effort on the part of everyone to unite. April 25 belongs to everyoneAlso commenting on the words of the President of the Senate, Ignazio La Rosa, in recent days, Dureghello added: «I think we must be here for the presidency and to prevent any departure from the original values. I don’t think that exists in institutions today but we are here to claim to preside.”

Alicia AmbrosiThe Vicar of Trentino for the Brotherhood of Italy, before participating in the celebrations of April 25 in Trento, hopes that “it will finally be a beautiful day for a united celebration in the name of freedom, a legacy essential for all and not for all.” Giorgia Meloni’s words are “fundamental to keeping our nation united on a date as important as the day that restores the values ​​of democracy and freedom to the center trampled upon during fascism” About the Italian vice fraternity, Giovanni Donzelli. while The political leader of the Noa Modrati Maurizio Luppispeaking of a speech “worthy of the role of prime minister, words that celebrate national unity, the values ​​of the constitution and democracy, put an end to the specious and disingenuous polemics of these days and renew Italy’s commitment to the defense of freedom”.

Controversies these days? «I think – he said Under Secretary of the Interior Wanda Ferro – It does not work to unite, it does not serve the country, and above all, it often tends to harm those who currently represent the majority of the country at the request of the electorate when we clearly state what we think of all authoritarian regimes. Rachel Mussolini, city councilor in Rome for FdiFinally, he admits that he does not celebrate this holiday with respect, but affirms: “We need to put a point and turn the page: in the face of the sterile quarrels that are renewed every year, I still hope for reconciliation.” “Even because of my surname,” he concludes, “I live with him, for better or for worse, with the best possible dignity, and have always tried to keep out of controversy.”