“When he was elected the right breathed a sigh of relief” –

The signing of the agreement between the Senate of the Republic and the heirs of Giorgio Napolitano, in the person of Professor Giulio Napolitano, took place in the Senate, for the purpose of establishing the “Giorgio Napolitano” fund at the parliamentary library center. “When he was elected President of the Republic – said the President of the Senate, Ignazio La Russa – I remember the comments in my circle, which was that of the right, and there was a sigh of relief. Because he was a representative of the Communist Party, but he was a representative that everyone recognized as an expression of the institutions. Thank you for this which is not a donation, it is a gift that you give to the institutions, to the Senate in particular, and thank you for giving the possibility to those who want to learn more to consult the volumes and papers” of Giorgio Napolitano.

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“I would particularly like to thank you – Giulio Napolitano replied to La Russa – also on behalf of our family for having wanted to organize this small but significant ceremony, on the occasion of the signing of the contract for the donation of my father’s personal library to the Senate Library. These are books that he carefully selected, desired, read and enjoyed, studied and annotated. Prezioni breviari, I would call them, of cultural and historical-political reflection. I would like to point out, because it seems significant to me and, if I may, beautiful, that my father came to your office in the Senate already in the followingnoon of the same day that, in the morning, he had resigned as President of the Republic. And he participated with passion and I would say with humility, in the more muffled atmosphere of Palazzo Madama and from a more detached perspective, in the discussions in the Chamber and in the committee, especially on issues of European and international politics. At the same time he discovered, but it was not a surprise, and greatly appreciated the professionalism and availability of all the structures of the Senate, starting with the General Secretariat, even on the occasion of the difficult presidency of the first session of the last legislature”.