"The Government is aware of the fact that the strength of the recovery depends first of all on the ability to overcome the emergencies of the moment. The epidemiological situation is improving sharply, thanks to the success of the vaccination campaign, and offers us margins to remove the residual restrictions on the life of citizens and businesses.
I want to announce that it is the Government's intention not to extend the state of emergency beyond March 31st
". Prime Minister Mario Draghi said at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino." We will gradually put an end to the obligation to use the reinforced green certificate, starting with outdoor activities - including fairs, sports, parties and shows.
We will continue to carefully monitor the pandemic situation, ready to intervene in the event of any recrudescence "the premier specifies." Our goal is to reopen completely, as soon as possible ".
Prime Minister Mario Draghi arrived at the convent of Santa Maria Novella in Florence for the opening of the 'Mediterranean frontier of peace' meeting which brings together bishops and mayors of several states from today to Sunday.
At the opening of the Mediterranean frontier of peace meeting, card.
Gualtiero Bassetti
addressed "a special greeting" to Prime Minister Mario Draghi: "I warmly thank him for his presence and above all for the effort he daily makes to government action for Italy, in such a difficult period due to the pandemic and of the complex work of relaunching the country. Hoping that this action will always be directed towards the achievement of the common good, I am happy that the Prime Minister shares with us the ideal reasons that animated this meeting of dialogue and spirituality ".
Today's meeting and those of the next few days are an invitation to develop this vision starting from the cities, which are increasingly the center of life in the region.
To think about our rights and our duties as citizens of the Mediterranean.
To work so that the Mediterranean is a laboratory of peace, tolerance, prosperity, at the center of Europe ". Prime Minister Mario Draghi said this at the opening ceremony of the 'Meeting of the Bishops and Mayors of the Mediterranean'. According to the premier," it is It is significant that today's meeting takes place here in Florence.
The Council of Florence, which closed in 1439 and took place in part in this convent, managed to reunite, albeit temporarily, the Church of the West with that of the East.
Between 1958 and 1964, the Mediterranean Colloquies were also held in Florence,
wanted by Giorgio La Pira, tireless defender of the inviolable rights of man - he remembers -.
The Mediterranean Colloquies were born from the conviction that the nations bordering the sea had a 'common destiny';
that dialogue between Abraham's religions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam - was necessary for the maintenance of peace;
and that a common Mediterranean culture could serve as the basis for a 'Mediterranean human order, founded on justice and happiness' "." All young people have the legitimate aspiration to realize their full potential.
However, they face a job market that often leaves them on the sidelines.
The youth unemployment rate in the region is the highest in the world and in some countries it exceeds 40% for girls. "
Prime Minister Mario Draghi said this at the opening ceremony of the 'Meeting of the Bishops and Mayors of the Mediterranean'.
"Taking care of the Mediterranean means first of all looking after the new generations. Investing in school, training and creating the conditions for investments and jobs", he added. "In times of crisis we must defend the values we believe in even more. and that guide us. The coexistence, brotherhood, tolerance that we celebrate in this meeting must also take place beyond the borders of the region we live in. The events in Ukraine lead us to reaffirm that prevarications and abuses must not be tolerated ".
Prime Minister Mario Draghi said this at the opening ceremony of the 'Meeting of the Bishops and Mayors of the Mediterranean'.
Prime Minister Mario Draghi has just arrived at the new theater of the Florentine Maggio Musicale, the last stop on his visit to the Tuscan capital.
Draghi will visit the construction site of the new works in the theater and then take part in a meeting with local authorities and economic categories inside the new Zubin Metha auditorium
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Previously, the premier had visited the Salvatore Ferragamo factory at Osmannoro, in Sesto Fiorentino (Florence).
To welcome him in the headquarters of the Florentine maison Leonardo Ferragamo, president of Salvatore Ferragamo, with the brothers Ferruccio and Giovanna Ferragamo, the CEO Marco Gobbetti, the mayors of Florence Dario Nardella and Sesto Fiorentino Lorenzo Falchi, the president of Tuscany Eugenio Giani and the prefect of Florence Valerio Valenti.
Draghi met the workers of the company "thanked them for the work they do, and for the reality they represent".
This is what Lorenzo Falchi, mayor of Sesto Fiorentino reports, who welcomed Draghi together with the metropolitan mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, and the president of the Tuscany Region Eugenio Giani.
Draghi was accompanied by the top management of the maison for a visit to the factory, first to the archive that preserves the historical models made by the founder, Salvatore Ferragamo, and then to the departments where he was shown the main steps for the creation of the famous shoes.
Later, in the internal garden of the plant, he met the employees.
