Overview
- The 15-minute message airs at 20:30 on all networks, delivered standing from the Quirinale’s Studio alla Vetrata, marking his eleventh New Year address.
- Reporters say the central theme is a call for young Italians to take charge of their future and re-engage with civic life, including voting.
- The speech is expected to emphasize social cohesion, fair work, human dignity, equality, solidarity, public health, and protection of the most vulnerable.
- Mattarella plans to renew an appeal for peace, touching on Ukraine and Gaza/Israel, while avoiding detailed forays into current international politics.
- Early drafts omitted references to the justice-reform referendum, pointing to a non-partisan focus on constitutional principles and the Republic’s 80th year in 2026.