"Let’s not lose sight of"the blue people of the ’50 thousand’ for one "New Europe"

The blue people of “50mila” together for Europe and that “Let’s not lose sight of it”which sounds like hope for the future: after four hours of music and words, it is Michele Serra To claim the success of the gathering of this afternoon in Piazza del Popolo, in Rome, born from its pen and then supported by about fifty mayors.

A people united in diversity

“We are many because we are a people, united in diversity,” says the journalist. The ‘sold out’ Already in the mid -afternoon, the access closed for the limit reached of appearances. The tide of EU flags together with the banners of Ukraine and Georgia. Then the long banners ‘rainbow’ of peace transformed into ‘Rugs’ on which the children are running barefoot.

Music and voices in the square

“Hello beautiful” It is the unscheduled program sung by the public near the barriers a few minutes from the beginning. Then the hymn to joy to open the ‘curtain’ e “I dream of boy dreams” intoned by Roberto Vecchioni to close the event. In the middle a roundup of artists, actors, representatives of civil society and writers. No politician on stage. AND Donald Trump as a stone guest.

The criticism of Trump and the Unita square

The American president, depicted with a papier -mâché head that bites banknotes, was, in fact, a guest ‘fixed’ under the stage. “Let’s give ourselves a move otherwise the only flag to be waved will be that of the credit card. But that is not our flag, it is that of Trump”urges Michele Serra. Stage forbidden to politicians. The leaders of the center -left (Giuseppe Conte was missing) parade in the square each with their own idea of ​​European peace and defense. But the ‘Divisions’ of politics (split between pros and against rearmament) do not scratch a united square to ask “Più Europe”.

The voices of the mayors

“Today this square is Ventotene again”, the spirit of the blue wave summarized by Corrado Augias. The mayors speak to the square. For Gualtieri serve “A leap forward towards a stronger, united and solidarity Europe”. The first citizen of Naples and President of the ANCI echoes him: “Here we have brought the heart of our communities. We want more Europe in the cities”dice Gaetano Manfredi.

The comedian and Europe

Under the staircase of the Pincio alternate comedians shared by the presenter Claudio Bisio. “I am a woman, not American, so for our friend Trump they are at the lowest levels of the evolutionary staircase, immediately after the ranes amphibians and the Mexicans without document”the words of Luciana Littizzetto In a video message. Then the singers. As Jovanotti who infects the square with its optimism: “I like to think that we are at the beginning of a great future. My desire is that Europe looks much more in the South”.

The testimony of Liliana Segre

Space also to writers. “Repudiating the war does not mean being helpless, renunciations”dice Antonio Scurati. Among the most intense moments, the video of Liliana segresurvivor of the Holocaust and active witness of the Shoah. “Defending the homeland means many things, for example, facing the enemy threats of peace that should not be underestimated. Lossy surrender has never prevented war but has always facilitated the overpowering designs”the words of the senator for life.

The closure of Roberto Vecchioni

Closes the evening Roberto Vecchioni. His “I dream of boy dreams” It is a tribute to the world that will come. “I’m sure”says the songwriter, “That young people will make a Europe that we have divided” member “. Music turns off. The blue wave disperses between the horn and Roman traffic. With the hope that that “Let’s not lose sight of it”phrase became slogan, pronounced by Nanni Moretti In 2002 from the stage in Piazza San Giovanni in Rome, they are not just words.