President Meloni’s statement on Italy’s Liberation 80th anniversary

Today, Italy celebrates the 80^th anniversary of its Liberation.

On this day, the Nation honours its regained freedom and reaffirms the central importance of those democratic values which the fascist regime had denied and which have been enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic for the last 77 years.
Democracy finds strength and vigour if it is founded on respect for others, dialogue and freedom, not on oppression, hate and the delegitimisation of political opponents.

Today, we renew our commitment to ensuring this anniversary can increasingly become a moment of national unity, in the name of freedom and democracy, against all forms of totalitarianism, authoritarianism and political violence.