Overview

• In a message to foundation president Bernhard Scholz, the head of state set the tone for the 46th Meeting di Rimini as it opened today.
• He urged “costruttori di comunità” to renew coexistence, peace, participation and solidarity in a society that stays humane through change.
• Mattarella cautioned that science and technology do not guarantee progress, citing the persistence of wars, power politics, discrimination, poverty and loneliness.
• He highlighted demographic decline and insisted no society with a future can forgo the contribution of young people and their “new bricks.”
• He encouraged participants to reject apathy and fear, calling hope—spread through friendship and solidarity—the most vital nourishment for society.