Italy needs - and always will - teamwork, a unity of purpose to achieve the objectives that serve the country.
Sergio Mattarella unexpectedly visits the Cavour aircraft carrier, the flagship of the Italian naval fleet, off the coast of Civitavecchia and already seems to be thinking about the near future, of Italy that the vote on 25 September will draw.
The President of the Republic takes the floor on Cavour and speaks to the sailors lined up underlining the importance of their work, which is decisive in these weeks of international tensions: the fleet carries out continuous patrols in joint operations with other NATO units in control of a Mediterranean never so crowded. of Russian units.
But the head of state does not renounce a more political than military observation: "I thank you for what you are doing.
The head of state does not add anything else, who in this phase of the electoral campaign keeps well away from any intervention that could be exploited or read as interference.
This is why in his long visit to the aircraft carrier Mattarella he then limits himself to recalling the importance of the missions of the Navy: "in this balance, in this articulation - he added - the armed forces are an element of primary importance, increasingly surrounded by affection of our citizens. What happens in the seas around us sees the Navy particularly committed and attentive and this strengthens the confidence of the citizens and my staff. It allows us to look with tranquility also at the tensions that are present in the world ".
Arriving aboard a helicopter, the Head of State immediately put on a blue Navy hat and visited the hospital on board and the operations room where they explained the radar functions and showed him the very close contacts of the Italian ships with other units of the Atlantic alliance.
Grand finale with some take-offs of the jets from the aircraft carrier and a submarine dive among the other units of the fleet that accompanied the Cavour.