Leonardo gives a lump sum to universities for “security reasons”. This was announced today, 19 April, by the CEO, Roberto Cingolani, on the second day of the Euro-Mediterranean Economics Festival (Feuromed), underway in Naples.
What Cingolani said
“I apologize for not being there, but unfortunately there were security problems,” he said via video link. “Even yesterday in another Italian university, our technicians and engineers were physically attacked by groups of demonstrators, who express dissent in a reprehensible manner, therefore we have decided, like Leonardo, to suspend, at least for a month, visits to academic centers because it is not safe. It’s embarrassing that this happens. We simply go and talk to the students because there is a shortage of Stem personnel and it is important, for the future and the progress of technology in the country and in Europe, that there is great attention to the production of Stem brains”, concluded Cingolani.
Mur’s reaction
The offices of the Ministry of University and Research contacted Leonardo’s top management in light of the statements of the CEO, Roberto Cingolani. The minister, the same sources report, expressed deep shock at what happened and expressed closeness to the people attacked. The University Minister, Anna Maria Bernini then contacted the rector of the University of Palermo, Massimo Midiri, where the events took place yesterday, asking for information.
This latest episode of violence, Mur sources note, demonstrates the usefulness of the Order and Security Committee of 24 April, convened by the Interior Minister Piantedosi at the request of Minister Bernini to investigate the security situation in the Universities.
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