"I would want us to make progress, even very tiny ones, on two aspects: one, which I already mentioned at the time I was elected, is pacification, and no one should tell me that there is no need for it in Italy, 77 years after the war we are still in an unending post-war era". So said Senate President Ignazio La Russa in the usual Christmas greetings with the legislative press. "The next phase, which concerns us even more intimately - continues La Russa - is to give the institutions even more dignity, and in my opinion, the press is vital, if not decisive, in this effort." La Russa, a long-time supporter of the right, then returns on the topic of April 25, Liberation Day: "My involvement in the celebrations? "It varies," he says, dismissing protests where you are "pushed and abused... Even the Jewish brigades were mistreated." "Alternatives? La Russa says, "When I was at the head of the Ministry of Defense, I went to Milan to the cemetery where there is a marble statue dedicated to the partisans and brought a great arrangement of flowers to honor those who died to reclaim freedom." The Senate President also weighs in on the World Cup in Qatar: "If I weren't Italian, I'd be Argentine. Argentina is one of my favorite countries, if only because it has the most Italians (just look at the surnames) ".
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