Overview
- Delivering a video message to the Forum Ambrosetti in Cernobbio, President Sergio Mattarella said the world needs Europe to restore the primacy of international law and to resist autocracies.
- He argued the European Union has promoted peace and cooperation, noting it has never triggered a conflict or a trade clash while raising living standards and environmental protection.
- Warning of a “new global corporatism,” he urged binding rules to curb the power of multinational tech firms he called “new East India Companies,” a message voiced days after an EU mega fine against Google was reported.
- He issued a pointed challenge to the U.S. posture, including a remark directed at President Donald Trump that questioned why Europe is treated as an obstacle or enemy.
- He called for a decisive “jump forward” toward stronger EU institutions and common action, drawing support from officials such as Raffaele Fitto and Valdis Dombrovskis, while figures from the League voiced skepticism.