«Young Guard of United Russia», address from Franco Frattini
Lipetsk, August 16th
I want to give
the boys from “Young guard of the UnitedRussia”, the present authorities and Antonio
De Lucia, italian delegate to take part in this important meeting
between young europeans and russians,
the warmest of my greetings. This meeting, once again, offers a precious
opportunity to confront, mutually inquire and enrich out of one another’s
experience. A way to strenghten, also at a juvenile degree, a bond made out of
friendship and mutual interest that Italy and Europe have started with Russia
since a long time, a bond which keeps on growing stronger as years go by.
Politics will
be the center of this two days long debate, which will sure be intense and full
of remarks and proposals. Those same politics that us seniors have to play out
as statesmen instead of as politicians strictu
senso (as De Gasperi’s dictum goes,
“a politician looks to the next elections; a statesman to the next generation”)
and that it’s up to you young people to
change with determination, courage and strenght towards a more transparent,
democratic and groundbreaking model.
I have always believed politics must
not be a job nor a hobby; instead, politics has to be a mission
of responsability for each one of us to put his skill, proficiency and
reliability into in order to be serving the people and to voice the need of
fulfilling the demands coming from our people, aming at the respect of human
rights and at the improvement of quality of life.
Politics
has a duty towards the young:
wipe away the hurdles and the shortcuts that stand in the way of merit and
expertise. You, on the other hand, have
the duty to be prepared when you’ll have to take your place at the starting
line to win the competition.
Take the field, and refresh politics and society. That’s the appeal that Italy has more
than once issued to the new generations and that Ue and Ppe has raised as a
flag of opportunity and spur for the involvment of the young in the democratic process as well.
Best wishes to
all of you for the works of this interesting seminar.
Franco Frattini
President
of the Alcide De Gasper Foundation
Co-chair
of the EPP ad hoc group on foreign policy
Chairman
of People of Freedom Party’s foreign affairs department
Pubblicato da Franco Frattini
il giorno 17.8.12. per la sezione
Mondo,
PDL,
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