Ddl Zan and the Vatican, Draghi: “Our state is secular”

“Ours is a secular state, it is not a confessional state”. These are the words of the Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, in the Senate. “Parliament is free to discuss and legislate, these are obvious considerations. Our system contains all the guarantees to ensure that laws always respect constitutional principles and international commitments, including the Concordat with the Church”, he says “without wanting to enter on the merits of the question “of the Zan bill, after the news relating to the position taken by the Vatican. Read also “With respect to the latest developments, I want to say that ours is a secular state, not a confessional state. So Parliament is free to discuss”, underlined Draghi, reiterating: “Without going into the merits of parliamentary discussion, that the government is following, this is the moment of the Parliament, it is not the moment of the government “.” Finally I want to clarify one thing, which is found in a sentence of the Constitutional Court of 1989: secularism is not indifference of the State towards the religious phenomenon, the secularism is the protection of pluralism and cultural diversity “, he said again.
EU “Hearing all your interventions, it appears that today we are all Europeans. If you compare the atmosphere today with that of 5, 6 months ago, not to mention a year ago, before the NRP, we see a huge difference”, then explained the premier in the reply to the Senate. “There is greater recognition of Europe as a reference entity”. “But why? This sense of greater belonging to the EU on our part is also reflected in the member countries” in the awareness that “a challenge of this size cannot be faced alone, but together. on the agenda of the Council on the issue of immigration, the answer was immediately yes, and this does not go to the credit of those who asked for it but “is the result of the” awareness “that it is a” supranational challenge “. In the EU” the Italy has always worked to ensure that the principle of unanimity was superseded, but since it takes unanimity to do so, we have not yet succeeded. So I believe that greater application of enhanced cooperation is the way forward “, he added, continuing:” Not we need to think about a restrictive policy, other countries are also becoming aware that the current is an era of large spending commitments, vaccines, donations, recovery, we cannot imagine an imminent austerity “, he explained on the subject of investments and the deficit in the EU. Then Draghi recalls how “the stability pact is outdated, this is now a common belief, we have plenty of time for a balanced and informed discussion, all of ’22 and we will start talking about budget rules again only in ’23”. Migrants ” On the management of immigration, a bad word that I don’t like to use, but we have to face the aspect that probably has not been addressed with sufficient determination, which is that of integration. Once they have entered with legal flows, “migrants” must be integrated or we harm ourselves, because we create enemies of the nation “, explained Draghi. On the issue of migration” let’s not expect triumphal results “in Europe,” the negotiation is long, we must be persistent and present “.
Libya “In Libya it is not that we do not have cards to play, we have them like other actors who want to be involved in that part of the world. What we are trying to do is to urge EU action under the auspices of the United Nations and see if the United States can be involved at that point, in the awareness that it is too big a challenge to be faced by single countries “, he explained in the communications ahead of the European Council.” Remember – he continued – when there is Were they European countries that thought they had their own national strategy in Libya? They are not talking about it anymore, they are trying to reduce their presence in the Sahel and we are moving towards a concerted and collective action. We were competitors but today we no longer talk about this. proceeded in no particular order and we damaged ourselves, today we no longer talk about different positions, we all discuss and march on the same line “. Covid” We have to thank the armed forces, civil protection, the cross red and millions of volunteers, who have not finished their task, we must keep mobilization high because we do not know what awaits us “, underlined Draghi on the topic of the virus. Then on the climatic factor that could have affected the decrease in infections Draghi explains how there are no doubts “that there is a benefit, but this is not a free all, last year we had a lesson, we must be ready, with logistics, identifying the outbreaks and addressing them immediately”. Poverty and emergency income ” You can see the glass half full and half empty, I see it half full, the poor have increased even before Covid, but I say that the economy is recovering well “, he then explained on the subject of poverty.” What that this government does for poverty “is represented” in the two support decrees, which financed the emergency income with significant amounts, reaffirming a solidarity that is often forgotten, we are in the field for the last ones “, added Dragh i, recalling “those people who have raised the ranks of Caritas, where 50% are Italian”. Government “Senatore Casini, it is not exactly true that all the problems are still there. So much has been done “, says Prime Minister Mario Draghi in his reply to the Senate listing the latest measures.” There are always problems but we are trying to tackle them quickly, effectively and incisively “. Work” Doing business must not be a luxury, but also the protection of labor rights must not be “, points out the premier.
Hungary “Yesterday Italy signed a joint declaration with 16 other European countries expressing concern about the articles of law in Hungary that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation”, underlined. president is taking my word off … “. Prime Minister Mario Draghi smiles in the Senate Chamber, during the reply, and gives himself a direct joke to President Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati. That ready smiles and replies: “I would not allow myself, President … I think there are some open microphones.”