"As I told you during our telephone conversation, I hope that the experience that Italy has been the first to develop to combat contagion will be useful for all of Europe and globally. I sincerely hope that Germany and the other countries are spared the painful journey of Italy ": underlines President Sergio Mattarella in a letter to the German President Frank-Walter Stenmeier, published on the Quirinale website.
"Here, in numerous territories, with many victims, the older generation is decimated, made up of people who constitute a point of reference for the younger ones not only in affections but also in daily life", writes Mattarella in the letter, in which he thanks him the solidarity received from the German people and underlines how "everyone - Germany, Italy and many other countries - this danger, unexpected and serious".
"We need a truly European spirit of concrete solidarity . The European Union, with its leaders, is operating with seriousness and determination in the face of this dramatic new and general condition. I am sure that it will continue to do so: our European fellow citizens they need to sense the effective proximity of Union action "