(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 17 - "We will conclude this day at La Scala, thus underlining the intensity of the cultural ties between Italy and Germany. And we will listen to Beethoven's ninth, a giant of German and European culture. With the Ode to Joy a profound significance of European integration ".
President SergioMattarella said this while speaking in Milan together with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
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