Europe is an ideal place made up of values ​​and dreams. Italy and France united by strong ties – Corriere.it

A visit to the students of the Istituto Statale Italiano `Leonardo da Vinci in Paris before the institutional cultural meetings: Sergio Mattarella for immediately clarified the importance of Europe, the relationship with France and the values ​​of Italy. “After greeting you, I will go to the Louvre to inaugurate a splendid `Naples in Paris’ exhibition together with President Macron, designed precisely to highlight the many connections between Italy and France. I hope that in the next few days you too will be able to visit it to better understand the deep ties that unite your country of origin and your host country”, says the President of the Republic. And he continues: “In the future, it will be you who will have the task of keeping these ties alive, deepening them also through the friendships you will weave on these benches, the experiences you will make and how much you will be able to give back to society from this important experience of yours”. ,

The head of state underlines how “The cultural exchange between France and Italy goes back in time. It has made a contribution to European culture which has common values ​​and is fundamental for the growth of society. Culture is the vehicle with which one travels the road to the future, without culture one remains motionless, there is no social and historical progress One cannot plan the future”.

The role of Europe is also central: “You students, from the youngest at the beginning of their schooling to those who are completing a cycle of studies, represent an important reality not only for Italy and France, but also for Europe. Because Europe is not only the sphere in which our countries exist, but above all it is an ideal place, made up of people, experiences, affinities, values, dreams. All elements that, even if you don’t see them, are inside your backpacks, and grow with you every day. it is here, more than in other places, that Europe is built”. European values, “even if you don’t see them, are inside your backpacks, and they grow with you every day. it is here, more than in other places, that Europe is built”.

The President of the Republic also speaks of our country: There is a widespread thought in the world that is associated with Italy: beauty above all. Beauty is perhaps what recalls Italy and in my conversations I register that foreigners, when they think of Italy, think of beauty. . And it touches on ethical issues. The border must not be a limit but an enrichment, says Mattarella. And again: Mutual interest, mutual aid are what advance the human condition. My freedom ends where yours begins as they once said, while my freedom grows with yours, feeling co-responsible is not a divisible good, what keeps society going.

A look at the school is a must: Don Milani was an extraordinary figure, he sowed much more than one might imagine. And he talked a lot about a school for everyone because a school that offers only to those who have economic conditions is not a school.

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