David Sassoli nel suo discorso di insediamento: "L'Europa non è un incidente della storia"

David Sassoli in his inaugural address: "Europe is not an accident of history" An excerpt from his first speech as President of the European Parliament in 2019 POLITICS (Milan). "I know that if we shared our stories and told them over a glass of beer, we would never say we are the children or grandchildren of an accident of history. But we would say that our history is written in pain. We are not an accident of history, but the children and grandchildren of those who managed to find the antidote to the nationalist degeneration that has poisoned our history. If we are European, it is also because we are in love with our countries. But nationalism that becomes ideology and idolatry breeds viruses that stimulate instincts of superiority and lead to destructive conflicts." Thus said David Sassoli, newly elected President of the European Parliament, in his inaugural speech in July 2019. +++ WARNING: THE VIDEO CANNOT BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE ORIGINAL SOURCE TO WHICH IT REFERS +++ ++ HANDOUT - NO SALES - EDITORIAL USE ONLY ++ (a.mapelli) -- Automatically generated transcript --- The European Union is not an accident of history. I am the son of a 20-year-old man who fought against other Europeans, and I am the son of a mother who is also 20 years old and left her home and found refuge with others. I know that this is also the story of many of your families, and I also know that if we shared our stories and told them to each other over a glass of beer, we would never say that we are children or grandchildren of an accident of history, but that our history is written on the pain, on the blood of the young British people exterminated on the beaches of Normandy, on Sofia's desire for freedom. Cell on the yearning for justice of the Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto, on the springtime tank raids in our Eastern countries, on the desire for brotherhood that we rediscover every time our moral conscience dictates that we not renounce our humanity. Obedience cannot be considered a virtue. We are not an accident of history, but the children and grandchildren of those who have managed to find the antidote to that nationalist degeneration that has poisoned our history. If we are Europeans, and also because we are all in love with our countries, nationalism that becomes ideology and Aprilia produces viruses that can lead to destructive conflicts. -