"We are still in full time Covid but we hope to have left behind the most insidious part of the pandemic" even if we must not let our guard down.
"We have before us a path that we hope will end quickly, but we must approach" a future that questions us about recovery prospects. "This was said by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella speaking at the Pirelli Hangar Bicocca in Milan, for an event entitled 'The Rebirth at the time of Covid'.
"I hope that the attention, today so central to medicine and research, is not ephemeral and linked to the pandemic but that it will remain permanently in the future with joint work. All this commits to open and inclusive collaboration for a health perspective. Scientific research has no boundaries "for which an alliance for vaccines" is a condition and a reality of particular importance ".
"Italy and Germany - added Mattarella - are two solid countries with many similarities. For example, the primary budget surplus. In recent years, only Germany and Italy have had a constant primary surplus, and this must be said with respect to the use of arbitrary categories, such as countries that love frugality or non-frugality ".
"Certainly - continues the President of the Republic - the ability to implement the green deal and rediscover European technological sovereignty is decisive. Technologies are unstoppable and we need to place ourselves at the head of this process because research and training are fundamental. Germany and Italy have a important role, also in the European Union ".