This is how Italy is a candidate for Expo 2030. Meloni: “See you in Rome!”

“Choose Rome, let’s bring history together into the future”, he says Giorgia Meloniaddressing the general assembly of the Bureau international des Expositions meeting today in Paris for the last appointment before the vote in November, which will assign the organization of Expo 2030. Italy, which will be dealing with Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia, and Busan in South Korea, officially presented its candidacy today, introduced by the commercial of the “gladiator” Russel Crowe, an exceptional testimonial.

All the protagonists of the Roman candidacy took turns on the stage in Paris. The professor Charles Rattiowner of the study which was entrusted with the drafting of the master plans, explained the project, based on sustainability, which aims to give Tor Vergata a new life, with new structures destined to transform the area and to remain well beyond the universal exposition. After him, it fell to Mehret TewoldeCEO of Italy Africa Business week, and then a Giampaolo Silvestri, secretary general of the AVSI Foundation, involved in many developing countries. It was finally the turn of Samantha Cristoforettiin astronaut gear, one of the Italian excellences in the world.

These are the faces that declined the three hashtags that accompany the Roman candidacy – regeneration, inclusion, innovation – before the premier’s speech, which was also attended by the mayor Roberto Gualtieri and the president of Lazio Francesco Rocca.

“In Rome, every nation will find its own space, as equals, and will have the opportunity to showcase its identity. No matter how big or small you may be, in Rome we know that everyone has something unique to offer and we want them to contribute on an equal footing. In our view, this is the essence of responsible and inclusive cooperation. For this reason we are ready to take action to guarantee equal opportunities, also from an economic point of view, for the widest possible participation in our World Expo”, said Giorgia Meloni.

“The Rome Expo – continued the premier – will not end after its six months of exposure. The pavilions will remain available to all nations that request them, to allow them to maintain their own representation, to set up research and technology centres, to maintain a glimmer of dialogue. Our legacy, the legacy of the Universal Exposition in Italy, aims to build a path of progress for the international community, to show that our millennium goals can be achieved, that they are not just words and that the relationship between people and their environment can really be improved by working together.”

“Choosing to host Expo 2030 in Rome means choosing all of this”, Meloni said again, moving towards the conclusion of his speech, delivered in English. “Choose Rome. Let’s bring history together into the future”, was the final exhortation. Then the last line, this time in Italian: “See you in Rome”.