“To recover, we focus on love for the country: yes to voluntary military service”

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«I think that here is one of the most extraordinary manifestations that take place during the year of what love of country is. And on Mother’s Day, after the mother there are the Alpine soldiers », so the premier Giorgia Meloni participating in the national gathering of the Alpine troops in Udine. “I believe that the theme of the national community, of the bond of belonging that binds us is one of the most important things on which we need to leverage to revive this nation”, added the prime minister. She that she opens up to the hypothesis of voluntary military service «as an alternative to civil service».

The premier at the meeting of the Alpine troops: “Here as a family”

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Udine in the morning to attend the parade of the 94th national gathering of the Alpine troops. You came from Piazzale Osoppo where the Minister of Defense is among those present Guido Crosetto and that for Relations with Parliament Luca Cirianiin addition to the president of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region Massimiliano Fedrigathe mayor of Udine Alberto Felice DeToni and many military authorities. «The important thing that this nation has is the awareness of itself, of its value, of its link with the principle of belonging and homeland. And if there’s a place where you breathe this, it’s here. On Mother’s Day. After the mother there are the Alpini as a family: they could not be missed “, explained the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni before going up to the grandstand to watch the Alpine parade.

The return of the naja? “Yes, as a voluntary choice”

Several applauses and shouts like “brava Giorgia” from behind the barriers accompanied the arrival of the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, in the authority gallery in Piazza I Maggio in Udine. The premier wearing a green hat with a white feather is standing watching the parade next to Defense Minister Crosetto who has the classic hat with the black feather of the Alpini. Before the fashion show, the prime minister also answered a question on the possibility of restoring military service: «Look, it is certainly an issue that can be tackled as a voluntary hypothesis, an alternative to civil service. That, in my opinion, is the right approach».