"Today the international panorama is seriously conditioned and wounded by Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine which takes us back to the worst era of imperialism and nationalism and represents a profound laceration of that web of juridical rules and principles which gave substance to the system multilateral system based on international law and on equality between states. The threat posed by Russia to peace and security requires a renewed impulse of unity and cohesion on the part of all democracies, especially European ones".
President Sergio Mattarella said so speaking from Bern.
Benjamin Constant, as the essence of European civilization.
Autocracies challenge the model of peaceful international coexistence and democratic coexistence: it is a serious matter and we must not underestimate it.
These are challenges that cannot be facilitated by uncertainties and divisions among free peoples". This was recalled by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, speaking today in Bern where he is on a state visit.