Mattarella warns the EU: "Choose whether to be vassal or international protagonist"

A rampant capitalism, revived Corsari in search of new spaces or the whole space, a protectionism that is corroding the ganglia of international coexistence. The delegitimization of international cousion. Wake up, Europe, in the face of all this, says Sergio Mattarella From a city that is at the same time full Mediterranean and Carolingian land. We will not look at, we promise, we of the old continent, while the regression in progress threatens to bring us back to the history of exactly a hundred years ago, when between the two wars the despotism was imposed with false promises of efficiency and safety, but only to bring us to the catastrophe. It does not make names, the head of the state, but someone comes to mind to hear “neo -feudal neo -fifths of the third millennium – new corsairs to whom to attribute licenses – who aspire to see themselves entrusted with lordships in the public dimension, to manage parts of the common goods represented by the cyberspazio as well as from the extra-atmospheric space, almost usurper of the democratic sovereignty “. And he quotes, Mattarella, if some doubts still existed, An international treaty, the Outer Space Treaty: “The extra-atmospheric space, including the moon and the other celestial bodies, is not subject to appropriation by the States, nor under the claim of sovereignty, nor for use or employment, nor for any other possible means”.

In short, the strength of the right opposed to the strength of the Corsara war, and is precisely on the right of the people and peoples who focus this prolusion read in front of the teaching staff and the students of the University of Aix-Marseille, who has just paid him the honors of the doctoral. State of law, respect for the rules, collaboration and listening skills: in human societies and in the society of nations. Nothing is definitive, everything must adapt to the changed circumstances, and “the international order, like all social contracts and political structures, reiterates its function, confirms its stability, if fueled with commitment, developing listening and cooperation skills “. However, this is precisely what seems to be increasingly scarce, or made weaker by the “drives, the ambitions of actors who believe they can play a game in new and more favorable conditions, with the attenuating of the hesitation represented by the possible reactions of the community international”.

It is a hymn to multilateralism, what Mattarella pronunciates in a red touch with white bands, a sign of his new academic dignity. A multilateralism represented by the UN but now contrasted more than ever. “The detractors of the organization forget its crucial role in the decolonization process, or in the construction of a regulatory system to stem the military escalation and encourage disarmament”, reminds them of the president, who traces a fit and worrying parallel between the building of today’s glass and the unfortunate experience of the Nations Society, between the two wars. It ended badly, in 1939, and if “the story is not destined to repeat itself slaughter, From errors made by men in history you never stop learning” Authoritarian character took over in some countries, attracted by the fairy tale that despotic and illiberal regimes were more effective in the protection of national interests “. And here you leave a few doubts about what the concerns of the Quirinale are. Indeed, the discussion becomes explicit:” Instead of cooperation, the criterion of domination prevails. And they were wars of conquest. This was the third Reich project in Europe. Today’s Russian aggression to Ukraine is of this nature “.

Equally “we also witness phenomena of return protectionism” in front of which it would be appropriate to keep in mind that that phase culminate with the withdrawal of Washington by the Nations Society, and “suddenly” for the USA of the assignment to the temptation of isolationism “which strengthened the tyrants and accelerated the tragedy. So it is clear: “The appearance strategy do not work ‘in 1938. When we reflect on the peace prospects in Ukraine we have to be aware of it”. Especially since “The utopia of a unipolar world has consumed over time of just over twenty years“And therefore those who think they are alone are late on the history, even if they try the return to the policy of the spheres of influence. Here too they do not forget that it was the policy of the spheres of influence to keep Europe in a state of minority.

Then one wonders, from this part of the Atlantic: “Europe intends to be the subject in the international dispute, an area in which others exercise their influence, or, instead, become a subject of international politics, in the affirmation of the values ​​of one’s own civilization ‘Can you accept to be crushed between oligarchies and autocrazie? ” A “happy vassalage”, which is accomplished in a soft protectorate but which cannot satisfy the free. “You have to choose”, warns Mattarella, why Europe “is the most advanced project – and example of success – of peace and democracy in history” And “it will not betray freedom and democracy”, giving itself the necessary tools “for a more incisive foreign and common defense policy, capable of transmitting trust towards the European role in response to global challenges”.

A quiet force, which makes international law and its respect for the basis of an authentic multilateralism “to safeguard the security and well -being of European peoples and contribute to world peace, starting from the Mediterranean dimension and the relationship with the contiguous African continent” . A road “that is not that of the abandonment of international bodies or that of the repudiation of the principles and rules that govern us, but of a profound and shared reform of the multilateral system, more inclusive and egalitarian than that they were able to do the Winning powers of the Second World War “. It is from here, from the new world started in 1945, that we must start again. In order not to return to that of 1939.