The anti-scientific theories of a few
cannot prevail, President Sergio Mattarella told Italy's new
Knights of Labour Tuesday, referring to the anti-vax movement.
"The recovery is a new road and we must travel it with
determination and hope like after WWII, with the cooperation of
forces and persons," he told the business people who have been
knighted for their contribution to Italian industry.
"We can trust in ourselves because we have faced a very tough
trial.
"The few who want to make their antiscientific theories prevail
cannot prevail, with their sometimes senseless violence,"
Mattarella said referring to anti-Green Pass protests that have
sometimes turned violent as in an October 9 assault on the
headquarters of the CGIL trade union.
"The Italians have shown responsibility.
"Research and vaccines have given us back spaces of liberty and
the possibility to take our lives back into our hands".
The head of State also said that the EU-funded post-COVID
National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) offered "an
opportunity we cannot miss".
Mattarella added that the proof of a mature country was to put
jobs at the centre of its actions.
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