President Sergio Mattarella said
Tuesday that Italy needs a fresh start as it overcomes the
COVID-19 pandemic, not a return to business as usual, during the
inauguration of the Politecnico di Milano's new campus .
"This new campus highlights the need to look to the future in
synch with what our country is going through, a time of a new
start, not a return to the conditions of before the pandemic,
but the start of new, different conditions, fit for the
situation that will come in the future," Mattarella said.
The Head of State also called for greater cooperation within the
European Union in managing the arrival of asylum seekers.
"Migration is a worldwide phenomenon and it should be addressed
in a global way," he said.
"Major challenges should be faced in a collaborative way within
the international community and, as regards us, within the oasis
of peace and rights that is the European Union".
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