Baudo Knight of the Grand Cross, "Mattarella is unique"

(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 22 - The President of the Republic SergioMattarella, yesterday afternoon received Pippo Baud at the Quirinale to deliver him the honor of Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. "A meeting - explained to ANSA Baudo - warm and informal - that a myriad of pride, because I did not expect it. But even more because it was Mattarella who gave me this recognition, who was able to stay close to us in the most difficult and dramatic moments, the citizens everyone knows and is loved. A warm meeting - Baudo said - full of mutual respect: when I arrived at the Quirinale the President came to meet me as if I were one of the family, the elder brother, being older than him: he gave me this gift ". (HANDLE).