Meloni at the Alpini rally: “Let’s address the issue of voluntary military service”

In addition to the reforms, military service. The day after the meeting with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, Giorgia Meloni arrives in Udine to participate in the 94th meeting of the Alpini and at the end of a week that saw her engaged in a round of consultations with the opposition on presidentialism and the premiership, Meloni (wearing the Alpini hat) thus replies to those who ask her a comment on the reinstatement of military service: “Certainly – he says – the draft is an issue that can be tackled as a voluntary hypothesis, an alternative to civil service. In my opinion, that is the right approach”.

Then, speaking to the black pens, the prime minister underlined: “I am very happy to be here, I think we have a great need to enhance our ties, the sense of belonging and our pride. And this is a place where there are these sentiments. Today is Mother’s Day, we must not forget that our second mother is our homeland. Let us always remember that”.

The procession of the gathering, which last year was crossed by controversies for complaints about the alleged harassment that took place in Rimini, opened with the banner with the motto of the event “Alpinithe most beautiful family” behind that of the equal opportunities commission of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region for the respect of women and against gender-based violence. The graduates of the Apine troops and various banners of the Friulian municipalities also paraded, including that of the Municipality of Udine Also present were the banners of the international federation of mountain soldiers who parade with a large delegation, and then the National Banner of the ANA with 212 gold medals for military valour.