Expo, is the day of great celebration in Rho-Pero. Renzi: “Today Italy … – The Republic

It was they, the workers who built the city of Expo, the protagonists of the official opening ceremony. It was they who brought on stage the Italian flag and is to them that all have turned. To thank them. The “anonymous workers” as defined them Pope Francesco video link. Those in whom, said the special commissioner Giuseppe Sala, “was mirrored in difficult times” to regain the enthusiasm. Because this is the message he sought to convey: “Hug ideally all those who have worked in the shipyard and in the offices of Expo – said – is due to their ability to resist if you’re here. Expo is the daughter of an Italian miracle but the extraordinary devotion to work that Italians like few can express. ” At 12 o’clock, as scheduled, the ribbon cutting in Rho-Pero. And the rain that had begun to fall on pavilions granted a reprieve. In theater the six thousand seats were reserved to the many authorities and institutions present, but people have massed on the sides and on the terraces of neighboring structures. At 13:03 was the chairman of the board Matteo Renzi to declare officially open Expo. Soon after, the passage of Arrows tricolor. In the middle, almost an hour of speeches beginning with that of the Pope who, in absolute silence, he recalled the need to think also there, among the glittering halls, the faces “of those who are hungry.”

The first to take the stage was room. His was almost a greeting liberating, after years of controversy, obstacles and after the last desperate race to finish in time: “The great day has come at last.” Then the claim, thanking President ANAC, the National Anti-Corruption Authority, Raffaele Cantone: “We did everything in accordance with the valorità of legality, the budget and time.” It fell to the mayor Giuliano Pisapia welcome in cities in the world: “We made Milan wakes up with a large May Day. Milan will surprise you.”

The mayor thanked the workers, who in the last stretch of the race came to 9 thousand. What did the Prime Minister Renzi. his speech has taken the national anthem that, in the version sung in Rho-Pero from a group of children was modified for the occasion: “Yes, we are ready to life. Today we write a page of hope after years of disinterest who turned the Mediterranro in a cemetery. Today we celebrate the beauty of being Italian. ” Among his special thanks to the mayor that there was victory, Letizia Moratti – applauded – and for the former President Giorgio Napolitano.

Arguments:

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Starring:

Pope Francis

Matteo Renzi

Raffaele Cantone

Giuliano Pisapia

Letizia Moratti

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