"The deterrent function of the Atlantic Alliance has been an element of guarantee of peace in Europe and, to the women and men, civilian and military, of extraordinary professionalism and dedication, who, in these 75 years, have "been" NATO, presiding over it the perimeter of freedom, a thought of appreciation and gratitude must be given to the Republic, as well as to the citizens of the countries that make up the Alliance". President Sergio Mattarella underlined this while speaking at the Command of the "Palidoro" Carabinieri Mobile and Specialized Units for a NATO Conference.
"Italy participates in leading missions aimed at guarding the north-eastern flank, as part of a renewed vitality and attractive force of NATO, also demonstrated by the recent accession of Finland and Sweden. Furthermore, it requires a capacity of reading the risks and threats - even hybrid and unconventional ones posed by the international condition - that are not filtered through a single prism of interpretation. There can be no separation between the security of the northern flank and the security of the southern flank of the Alliance", he added Mattarella.
"Today, the allied countries in NATO are faced with the need to forcefully reiterate the unacceptability of "fait accompli" policies. The value of the international order is to prevent the affirmation of power policies whereby governments of a state stronger they may consider themselves authorized to annihilate less populated and less armed countries".
"The deficit of the progressive lack of attention to the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern area must be filled: the events underway are eloquent. Alongside Ukraine, the continuing war in Gaza, its repercussions in the Red Sea and throughout the Middle East - with the risks of enlargement -, Iran's missile action, the crisis in the Sahel, draw a broad arc of instability which finds its dramatic point of convergence in the Mediterranean, and calls Italy to fulfill a role of stabilization and defense of the principles of international coexistence. The tactical command of the Aspides mission in the Red Sea fits into this framework. The threats mentioned, alongside the global ones, have a common objective: to compress that multilateral system based on international law. of which NATO is one of the cornerstones".
"In a context characterized by threats of extraordinary intensity, the European Union is also called to raise the level of its commitment, and to do so urgently. It is a reflection that today focuses on the finally creation of a common defense, after unsuccessful attempts results at the end of the last century. In Helsinki twenty-five years ago it seemed that this objective was within reach. Its dissolution in recent years has repeatedly made the Union a mere spectator of events whose negative effects it suffered".
"Referring to Europe, in 1954, the President of the Republic Luigi Einaudi recalled that the spectrum of decisions for the countries of the continent was reduced to "existing united or disappearing". The experience of the Atlantic Alliance confirms the value of a history that, in 75 years, has never betrayed its commitment to guaranteeing the benefit of the 32 countries that are part of it: united in the defense of freedom and democracy, which confirms the importance of multilateralism Republic".
"Alongside Ukraine - continued Mattarella -, the continuing war in Gaza, its repercussions in the Red Sea and throughout the Middle East - with the risks of enlargement -, Iran's missile action, the crisis in the Sahel, they draw a broad arc of instability which finds its dramatic point of convergence in the Mediterranean, and call Italy to fulfill a role of stabilization and defense of the principles of international coexistence".
"In Helsinki twenty-five years ago it seemed that this objective was within reach. Its dissolution - added President Mattarella - has made the Union, several times in recent years, a mere spectator of events whose negative effects it was suffering. the European Union of greater strategic autonomy will allow NATO to be stronger, precisely because of the complementarity between the two Organizations, with the strengthening of one of its pillars, which is currently more fragile. More fragile because - as is known - the reduced state of coordination and integration produces limited capabilities despite large financial commitments. Removing this condition - concluded the head of state - would benefit everyone in a world irreversibly marked by the role of large international players".
"The deterrent function of the Atlantic Alliance has been an element of guarantee of peace in Europe and, to the women and men, civilian and military, of extraordinary professionalism and dedication, who, in these 75 years, have "been" NATO, presiding over it the perimeter of freedom, a thought of appreciation and gratitude must be given to the Republic, as well as to the citizens of the countries that make up the Alliance". President Sergio Mattarella underlined this while speaking at the Command of the "Palidoro" Carabinieri Mobile and Specialized Units for a NATO Conference. "Italy participates in leading missions aimed at guarding the north-eastern flank, as part of a renewed vitality and attractive force of NATO, also demonstrated by the recent accession of Finland and Sweden. Furthermore, it requires a capacity of reading the risks and threats - even hybrid and unconventional ones posed by the international condition - that are not filtered through a single prism of interpretation. There can be no separation between the security of the northern flank and the security of the southern flank of the Alliance", he concluded Mattarella.