“The importance of an open discussion in civil society on the methods of participation in public life, to be carried out through a constant process of identification with our Constitution, is very evident. This, placing the human person and his rights at the centre, protects each and every one. The Constitution, yesterday as today, concerns everyone closely”. The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella said this as he remotely opened the Milan civil week 2024. For the head of state, the principles of the Constitution “indicate ways of living that must be achieved, put into practice with the exercise of one’s freedom and for the present and the common future of what is called, precisely, the national community. Those who work in the field of active and supportive citizenship verify, day by day, the value of attention to people’s needs and realize how much the values of ours are. Charter are the basis of living together. Today’s meeting aims to restore the meaning of this commitment and draws attention to the need to understand the profound meaning of the words with which the mosaic formed by the provisions of the Constitution is constructed”.
“Work is a right, it is dignity, it is inclusion. And it is no coincidence that Article 1 of our Constitution talks about work, making it the foundation of our Republic. Just as Article 3 adds not only that every citizen has equal dignity, but that the State must ensure that whatever hinders it is removed. So good work to you and to the friends of PizzAut, who live and work in a climate of great friendship and joy”. Said the President of the Republic.
“I cannot comment on your proposal for rules to be included because it is not the President of the Republic but the Parliament that the Constitution assigns the power to make changes to.” The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella said this, responding to a girl’s questions at the Milan civil week 2024.
The Constitution is still current and cannot become a “register of topics” added gradually. The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella said this, responding to a girl’s questions at the Milan civil week 2024. “Our Constitution was written – with great wisdom and equal expertise – with rules capable of being applied even to issues that were then unknown and to unforeseeable situations, which inevitably arise over time. For some time, however, a tendency has emerged to want insert new provisions on specific topics into the first part of the Constitution”.
While for the Head of State “that first part has been a point of reference that has always been current and constant for seventy-five years. In some cases, the fact that what we want to add in the text is already clearly deducible from its rules is overlooked, precisely because of the general and flexible nature of their formulation; and on the basis of the values and principles that represent their foundation. It is necessary to avoid the risk of a chase – which would be increasingly frequent – for continuous insertions of particular themes in a register of topics, actually nullifying its meaning and role”. Mattarella concluded by underlining that “the Constituents have drawn up our Charter for young people, for future generations. This is also why it is based on a system of values and principles, translated into rules capable of applying to what will occur during the time”.
“The Constitutional Charter generated our democratic Republic, made Italy and its prestige grow in the world. It is an achievement and must be known, loved, defended, lived, every day to accommodate new needs, to protect those who find themselves on the margins, to take care of the most fragile, to face the new challenges of coexistence and peace. In a word: to live together; the condition to which we are called.” The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella said this, responding to a girl’s questions at the Milan civil week 2024. “The interest and curiosity that the Constitution arouses in young people is of great significance – noted Mattarella -. Even today from their reflections I have heard many considerations of fundamental importance: the right to inclusion, to representation, to youth aggregation In these rights and in the others – all contained in the Constitution – there is the meaning of our life in common, of our – I repeat – common future; of that “we are” which is indicated in the title of this meeting can say that the Constitution does not concern him”.
“In general – I would like to point out that our Constitution was written – with great wisdom and equal expertise – with rules capable of being applied even to topics that were then unknown and to unpredictable situations, which inevitably arise over time”. The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella said this, responding to a girl’s questions at the Milan civil week 2024.