Overview

• In a videomessage to the Forum Teha in Cernobbio, President Sergio Mattarella said the world needs Europe to rebuild the centrality of international law and revive cooperative multilateralism.
• He asserted that the European Union has never launched a war or a trade confrontation, crediting it with peace missions, higher living standards, and environmental protection efforts.
• He warned that global corporations act like “quasi new East India Companies,” urging rules that redirect their expanding power toward the common good.
• He questioned why some now depict Europe as an obstacle or enemy, urging a clear-eyed examination of the interests and principles behind that stance.
• He appealed for stronger European institutions, greater unity, and the active involvement of business, labor, culture, and civil society, invoking the post‑war choices shaped by figures like Alcide De Gasperi.