Address by the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, To a joint session of the Chambers of the Italian Parliament for the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Treaties of Rome `The Values of Europe. European Civilization and European Unity. Se
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Madam President of the Chamber, Mr President of the Senate, Mr Prime Minister, Honourable Senators, Honourable Deputies, and Representatives of the European Parliament, I am honoured to be able to address this formal joint session with which the Italian Parliament has chosen to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the Treaties of Rome. In three days` time, the Heads of State and Government from Union member nations will be gathering at the Capitol in Rome, in the very same hall in which the Union came into being. The commemoration of this anniversary entails undertaking a reflection on the process of European integration, which is all the more pressing given that, for the first time, a...