President Sergio Mattarella on Monday
lauded the openness of the European Union in a speech accepting
an honorary degree in Parma and stressed that "the EU homeland
is also for those who flee slavery".
Mattarella cited French philosopher and sociologist Edgar Morin
in underscoring the importance of the four cornerstones of the
EU: "liberty and equality, democracy and solidarity".
He said "an open Europe is the only discipline possible".
He also cited unification hero Giuseppe Mazzini in saying that
the European homeland with its universities can be a landing
stage for those who want to flee slavery through study and
exchanges with teachers.
Mattarella said there has been a "paradigm shift and a quality
leap in Europe, and the post-COVID recovery plan must become the
backbone of a new, more solidarity-based and fairer integration
of the continent".
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