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Speech by Gianfranco Fini in the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy

Gianfranco Fini

March 17 hundred and fifty years ago, he made the process of national unification and Italy and the Italians became part of the Community of Nations. It affirmed the hopes of a nation that was recognized in the ideals of independence and freedom of the Risorgimento. Although, compared to other nations, our country had come later to constitute themselves as a unified state, the idea of \u200b\u200bItaly as a geographical entity was not only widespread and vocal, because its roots in the rich historical, artistic and literary accumulated gens over the centuries by the genius of Italy: a heritage for which, even today, Italy is universally known. Italy was not united and free, so only the result of political-military Savoy monarchy and was also the result of a large political and ideal movement animated by that love of country that had never fully switched off and the early nineteenth century, lit the hopes of young people from all walks of life. The Risorgimento was not only a cultural phenomenon and ideal expression of the enlightened bourgeoisie, essentially foreign to popular sentiment.

The Risorgimento was the first experience, to quote an effective expression of Frederick Chabod, "a civil life of Italians, finally stolen by governments and institutions, those of the ancien regime, based on the legal and social divisions and the continued denial of the rights of citizens." It is from these ideal conditions that initiated the long and tortured process of democratic development of our institutions, consecrated with the approval of the Constitution of the Republic. And this is the reason why celebrate solemnly the 150th anniversary of, live on March 17 as National Day, is now a civil duty for all Italians from the summit of Lampedusa in Italy. Civic duty because our democracy has deep roots, because our national cohesion, there is still the values \u200b\u200bthat guide the actions of the patriots of the Risorgimento. In these 150 years, the idea of \u200b\u200bhomeland has established itself in the consciousness of Italians as democratic and inclusive. Mazzini is ideal for safeguarding and promoting the dignity and freedom of the person, at the national and the prospect of peace and cooperation among peoples. Witnesses brave and generous symbol of Italy today are the men and women, military and civilian, involved in difficult peacekeeping missions abroad. They come this House a message loud and clear of gratitude and trust. E 'legitimate source of pride for all our people that the Tricolore flag, our flag is a symbol of hope and redemption civil in many parts of the world where we suffer from terrorism and fundamentalism. A highly symbolic moment of feeling all Italians, the fraternal find united in grief and national identity, were certainly the days following the tragedy of Nasiriyah. Our thoughts turn naturally poignant image of the imposing staircase of the Altar of the Fatherland, covered entirely with flowers left by thousands of Italians marched in silent and spontaneous pilgrimage in front of the Unknown Soldier. In that painful 12 November 2003, President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi expressed the sentiment of the entire nation with these simple and noble words: "Building peace, this is the identity of the Italian Republic." The close link between the affirmation of modern Italian national identity and the promotion of human rights brings us back to the democratic demands already in the Risorgimento movement. The country is prefigured, in the mid-nineteenth century, as an ideal of social emancipation and civil. "The Motherland of all country and for all," said Giuseppe Mazzini, meaning as a duty, for Italy, commitment to the promotion of democracy at work and the layers' poorest of society, and moral and civic growth of the entire national community. Yeah. "The Motherland of all country and for all": the relevance of this ideal intake should make us reflect on what it means to be Italians today, now that the homeland for the new Italians came from distant countries, does not mean the land of the Fathers, but a community that feels like their own and where you live in full compliance with the laws to achieve their aspirations. Today "The Motherland of all country and for all" should be the homeland of the young, who are entitled to real and widespread employment opportunities, expression of their talents, social growth. "The Motherland of all country and for all" should be the homeland of knowledge, science and culture that values \u200b\u200bthe huge reservoir of creativity and knowledge in our national DNA, and that sad stop the brain drain in recent years . It is, moreover, with the strength of its culture and its solid heritage and moral ideal that today Italy is participating, with conviction, the construction of a supranational European homeland, the great civil and political goal for the coming decades, which is essential to continue achieve, the global dynamics of the twenty-first century, the values \u200b\u200bof freedom and democracy. This commitment is a duty to ensure the prestige of the Republic and to strengthen our national community, by giving precedence to the reasons for our being Italian, of our being together on each side of creeping selfishness, geographical or social it is. A commitment to reaffirm solemnly today, March 17, and meet every day for years to come. Speech by

. President of the Chamber of Deputies at the ceremony on the 150 anniversary of the unification of Italy