President Sergio Mattarella on Saturday hailed the antibodies of democracy against sterile and dangerous forms of nationalism, receiving an award in the northeastern Italian city of Gorizia.
"It is to the citizens of these lands that we owe the success of this journey: mature societies that grew up in democracy, with effective antibodies against the enticements of sterile and dangerous nationalisms that create grave damages", said the head of State. Mattarella said he was very happy to share the 25th edition of the award Premio Santi Ilario e Taziano - Città di Gorizia with the former president of Slovenia Borut Pahor, noting he had experienced with him the commitment to promote a friendship between their two countries, "an experience we not only shared as a civic and institutional duty towards our respective populations, but as a dutiful responsibility for the realization of a future of peace for our continent".
"The dangerous alternative to this project, Italy, Slovenia, Europe, experienced it in all its drama", stated the head of State.
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