"What is about to end was a year of intense work.
With clear priorities: the fight against the pandemic and the recovery of the country's economic and social life. We can draw an overall positive balance, for having raised the protection of citizens in the face of threat of the virus and for having restarted society ". Thus the head of state,
Sergio Mattarella
at the exchange of greetings with the representatives of the institutions.
"It was the result of courageous choices, the progress of science, conscientious behavior, a widespread civic sense, and the result of a convergence between institutions and citizens".
"The pandemic still marks our time. It has caused pain, suffering, new forms of poverty. But we have seen solidarity responses, unexpressed talents and qualities have emerged, innovative processes have accelerated" says the head of state. "We have been pushed to correct, with effective measures, the inertia of the economic and social dynamics triggered by the crisis. We are still called to be prudent and responsible. However, we have equipped ourselves with adequate tools to fight the virus. at the mercy of events ". "This remains a difficult time, in the alternation of hopes and new alarms. There is a need for clarity and loyalty as indispensable premises for a full, and common, assumption of responsibility in the face of the risks that are still before us. .We have seen how clarity, in the face of the harshness of the pandemic, has swept away the time of fictions, of distractions. All this seemed to me an extraordinary sign of maturity and seriousness. "This was said by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, in his greeting to the high offices of the State.
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This remains a difficult time, in the alternation of hopes and new alarms.
There is a need for clarity and loyalty as indispensable premises for a full, and common, assumption of responsibility in the face of the risks that are still before us. . We have seen how clarity, in the face of the harshness of the pandemic, has wiped out the time of fictions, of distractions. All this seemed to me an extraordinary sign of maturity and seriousness "Mattarella specified.
"Being able to put legitimate divisions and distinctions, programmatic diversity and political sensitivities to the background in order to favor common work in the national interest was very important.
This constructive attitude has united the majority and the opposition. The relationship between the State and the Regions has worked, which have actively and positively collaborated with successive governments. The initial understandable frictions and overlaps have been progressively overcome ". This was said by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, in his greeting to the high offices of the State
." One of the characteristics of our people manifests itself when conditions are difficult: it is time where we can express the best of us. To regain the lost trust.
We do not give up on differences and diversities. But we know how to be united on the great choices, when the circumstances of life require it.
The wish that I address to you and to our beloved country - for the future - is that the constructive and collaborative spirit, mutually respectful, can become a stable feature of institutional relations
", President Mattarella specified." This is the spirit that built the Republic and nourishes its life, strengthens all institutions, confers authority and nourishes trust in Italy ",
Do not forget the European framework: "
Europe remains an essential reality for Italy
. The European Union is our first field of action, and for this reason we are committed to strengthening its institutions and policies in favor of businesses, of societies, of citizens. We have contributed to a new course of Europe, now we do not want to go back and proceed along this path, starting with the Conference on the future of the Union "This was said by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, in his greeting to the high offices of the state.
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At the end of this year we must be proud of our response to the pandemic
: unfortunately the crisis is long and intermittent. In this phase the institutions have an increased responsibility towards the citizens. We need to overcome the emergency and stabilize economic growth. Both priorities are answered in the vaccination campaign ". Thus the President of the Senate, Elisabetta Casellati at the ceremony of exchange of greetings between the President of the Republic and the institutions. In a delicate phase of the country's health, economic and social transition, I think I am interpreting a shared sentiment addressing you the most sincere thanks for the authority, wisdom and balance that have always inspired your work and that have seen you faithful and careful interpreter of the role of guarantor of the Constitution ". Thus the President of the Senate,Elisabetta Casellati at the ceremony for the exchange of greetings between the President of the Republic and the Institutions. (
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