April 25, Mattarella: the commitment to keep the memory alive is good

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The president of the Republic Sergio Mattarelladuring the meeting at the Quirinale with a representation of the fighting and weapon associations, on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the liberation, praised «the commitment and determination that your associations employ every day to keep alive the memory of a period among the most dramatic in our history, contributing to a large extent to making known and not forgetting those who fought for the defense of the ideals of independence and freedom that allowed Italy to be freed from Nazi-fascist oppression”.

Mattarella at the Altare della Patria

As per tradition, on April 25 Mattarella will visit the Altare della Patria in Rome, where he will place a laurel wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Together with the Head of State, the premier will also participate in the ceremony Giorgia Meloni with the president of the Senate Ignatius LaRussa and that of the House Lorenzo Fontana. La Russa will continue the day by going to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in Prague. In the Czech capital you will take part in the meeting of the presidents of the parliaments of the member countries of the European Union, to then participate in the commemoration in Wenceslas Square with the laying of a wreath at the Jan Palach monument.

Salvini in Brianza, Schlein in Milan

As for the main parties, the leader of the League Matthew Salvini will be in Brianza, in one of the stages of the electoral campaign. The secretary of the Pd Elly Schlein he will parade at the demonstration organized in Milan by the Anpi, where the general secretary of the CISL will also be there Luigi Barra.

Nordio, April 25 should become a European holiday

“If it were for me April 25, or a date close to it, it should become not only a national holiday but a European holiday because the Resistance was not an exclusively Italian phenomenon, on the contrary”. So the Minister of Justice Charles Nordio to “Che tempo che fa” on Rai3. “I would make it a European celebration because the destruction, the defeat of Nazi-fascism is an element that must unify democracies”, she observed. On April 25, you concluded, “it must be a unifying Feast and I would feel uncomfortable if someone denied this conception”

CGIL in procession in Rome alongside Anpi, Landini participates

On the occasion of the Anniversary of Liberation, like every year, the CGIL will participate, alongside the Anpi and other partisan associations and anti-fascist memory, in the procession to be held in Rome. The concentration is in Largo Benedetto Bompiani at 9.00 close to the Fosse Ardeatine, where shortly before a delegation of the CGIL will pay homage to the fallen together with the institutions and delegations of the other associations. The procession will start at 10.00 and will cross the neighborhoods of Tor Marancia, Garbatella and Ostiense and will end at Porta San Paolo, where the speeches will be held from the stage. The general secretary of the CGIL will participate in the event Maurizio Landiniwhich will conclude the speeches from the Porta San Paolo stage.