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June 13, 2020 "There is a widespread desire for the future. No one can interpret it better than the younger generations. The pandemic has hit hard in societies all over the world. This calls for everyone's responsibility to strive for better prospects". The President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella said this by opening the work of the first digital marathon of Visionary Days entitled "Which Future", launched by the Minister for Youth Policies and Sport, Vincenzo Spadafora.

Mattarella underlined that "the four areas of confrontation - planet, participation, meeting and paths - are of primary importance. And, if anything, one wonders if they are today a really central part of the political debate".

"I would like to thank Minister Spadafora - continued the President - the speakers and all the young people involved in this web marathon. A valuable and innovative initiative, with which young people, with their perspectives, their hopes, their difficulties, they communicate, in first person, with the world of institutions ".

"Tiring restart, dialogue is needed, no partisan interests"
"The history of humanity is marked by successes, by crises, by restarts. The latter are complex, tiring but in many ways also stimulating. It is a duty to ensure that our , and above all yours, tomorrow is better in terms of employment, quality of life and the environment, growth of rights and knowledge, peace and integration between peoples. The condition to succeed is that the commitment is choral , authentic, open. Who really looks towards the future and not at ephemeral personal or partisan interests, position rents, stasis or renunciations resulting from fear. The hope is that there will be participation, dialogue, listening. And think big. " So the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella in his speech.

"If young people are cold towards politics, the country is fragile"
 "The coldness and distrust of young people with respect to politics, the increasingly rare availability for a circular comparison of ideas, proposals, suggestions make the national community more fragile It is more uncertain and difficult to find a way to plan one's future in the globalized world, "said the President of the Republic.

Political participation on the web has not yet found adequate maturity.
"" The great political and social transformations that have taken place in recent decades - said the Head of State - have somewhat weakened the traditional channels for citizen participation in public life. An ever more evident gap which has been partly replaced by the massive presence of the new means of communication based on the use of the web; which, however, it has not yet found a proper point of maturity. "

" Company misguided, serves curiosity and enthusiasm of young people "
" A proven company, and disoriented, to write a new page, you need the mind of the youth clear of sensitivity prejudices. They need their curiosity, their enthusiasm, "said the President of the Republic.

" Youthfulness is synonymous with the future but this expression is not enough to identify the complex phenomena that characterize it. It even risks being misleading if it were to distract from the urgency of the present that we are called to live. Because never as today is it true that the future is here, it has already begun ", observed the head of state.

" Italy calls to participate in 'Next generation UE' "
 " The European Commission, on May 27, launched the proposal 'Next generation UE' which looks to the future of the younger generations. This proposal, due to its breadth and the aims it proposes, has no precedent in the history of the Union. Italy is called to participate in this great project, with decisions aimed at removing what is currently hindering social and economic growth; and that produces injustices and inequalities. "So Mattarella opening the digital marathon" What future ".