(ANSA) - SASSARI, 24 SEPT - "We Italians also love freedom but we also care about seriousness".
President Sergio Mattarella said this in Sassari, on the sidelines of the ceremony in memory of Cossiga, conversing with some participants in the celebrations, in response to those who asked him what he thought of what British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said about the British who, unlike Italians and Germans, love freedom.
Johnson's words in the House of Commons in response to a question on the boom of infections in Britain in recent days.
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