"The other day a guy comes to me, and he tells me: I found a bed for 700 euros. For me they are too many. I told him: you don't deserve to become a graduate, because if you get 700 euros for a bed you don't deserve to become a ruling class." But we must be able to grasp a positive part, that is, the reporting of a malaise, of a problem". This was said this morning by the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, responding to journalists on the problem of expensive rents for students.
"I could answer - continued Brugnaro - in a way let's call it '', saying that we proposed to make hostels, we have projects, but to the guy who is protesting today what do you tell him? He wants an answer right away. I tell him that once you have reported the problem then try to reason. I also went to work during university. If you want to make a life studying and going to drink the spritz, I say that if you can afford it, do it. The American campus model is beautiful in America. But the problem is that we are in Italy, we are a country that lives on work. I want to take the good part of this protest, but I tell the kids if this is what you want, or want autonomy. And autonomy - he concluded - is also based on one's own work".