“Everyone’s Constitution. Dialogue on the premiership” is the title of the meeting taking place in the Chamber of Deputies (Queen’s Room), tomorrow, Wednesday 8 May 2024 at 5pm, promoted by the Alcide De Gasperi and Bettino Craxi Foundations. The theme of the future of the Nation, of its modernization, will be discussed in front of an audience made up of entrepreneurs, professionals, academics, scientists, artists and athletes: a representative cross-section of the ruling classes.
The proceedings will be opened by greetings from the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Lorenzo Fontana, and the Minister for Reforms, Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati, followed by introductory speeches from the presidents of the two Institutes, Angelino Alfano and Margherita Boniver. The panel, moderated by Maria Latella, includes interventions by four scholars of different backgrounds and sensibilities: Giovanni Orsina, full professor of Contemporary History at LUISS Guido Carli, Francesco Clementi, full professor of Comparative Public Law at “La Sapienza” University, Anna Maria Poggi, professor of comparative public law at the University of Turin and Luciano Violante, honorary president of the Italia Decide Foundation. The afternoon will end with the speech of the President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni.
It will be a dialogue on the premiership on the day in which the text on the introduction of the direct election of the Prime Minister issued by the Commission arrives in the Senate. And it will be a dialogue based on the assumption that the Constitution, what it establishes and the way in which it articulates the functioning of the republican institutions, does not only concern professionals. But above all on the certainty that the Constitution belongs to everyone. It belongs to everyone because it defines that common heritage of values, principles, rights and duties in which we all recognize ourselves and within which the different positions find a basis for comparison. Since government instability weakens a nation in international relations and in the economy, the intent is to underline that institutional reforms, including the premiership, are not in conflict with the institutional powers, founding principles and objectives of our Constitution. On the contrary, they intend to adapt these principles and objectives to a profoundly changed context, to a complex and globalized contemporaneity in which the certainty of the fundamental powers of the State must be guaranteed. In an effective democracy it is necessary that the mandate of the voters corresponds to a stable legislature, where the program that has obtained the trust of the voters is fully implemented.
It will therefore not be a specialist conference between professionals but rather a moment of discussion with citizens. Personalities and managers from the most diverse sectors were invited to the event, making up a significant part of Italian society, its ruling class and that citizenry which holds sovereignty in democratic systems worthy of the name. We list just a few of them.
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND THIRD SECTOR: Giorgio Berloffa, president of CNA; Anna Paola Cavanna, vice president of CONFAPI; Roberto Calugi, general director of FIPECONFCOMMERCIO; Giuseppe Tripoli, general secretary of UNIONCAMERE; Michele Poerio, general secretary of CONFEDIR; Nicola Orsi, CDO general director; Zoello Forni, president of ANMIL; Rosario De Luca, president of the Order of Labor Consultants; Emmanuele Massagli, president of AIWA (Italian Corporate Welfare Association); Stefano Firpo, general director of ASSONIME; Don Maurizio Patriciello, parish priest in Caivano; Don Antonio Coluccia, parish priest at Tor Bella Monaca; Pierluigi Bartolomei, ELIS director.
CULTURE, SPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT: Tarek Ben Ammar, president Quinta Communication; Francesca Cappelletti, director of the Borghese Gallery; Salvo Nastasi, SIAE president; Filippo Magnini, Olympic champion; Daniele Garozzo, Olympic champion; Elisa Di Francisca, Olympic champion; Iva Zanicchi, singer; Claudia Gerini, actress.
POWER: Pietro Putti, GME president; Vigilante De Vinicio, president of GSE; Marco Bernardi, CEO Illumia; Giovanni Brianza, CEO Edison Next; Sergio Agosta, CEO Terna Energy Solutions.
FINANCE: Vincenzo Sanasi d’Arpe, CEO Consap; Francesco Minotti, CEO Mediocredito Centrale; Enrico Risso, CEO Intrum; Anna Lambiase, president of CDP Venture Capital; Gabriella Alemanno, CONSOB councilor.
BUSINESSES: Marco Hannapel, CEO Philip Morris; Gennaro Schettino, GBO president; Claudio Graziano, president of Fincantieri; Lorenzo Benigni, vice president of ELT Pharmaceuticals; Enrica Giorgetti, general director of Farmindustria; Giampiero Massolo, president of Mundys; Gian Marco Martini, CEO Todini Costruzioni Generali; Gian Luca Gregori, president of WeBuild; Pietro Salini, CEO WeBuild; Pietro Piccinetti, CEO Infratel; Roberta Nieri, president of Retelit.
INFORMATION: Antonio Polito, deputy director of Il Corriere della Sera; Ernesto Galli della Loggia, editorialist for Il Corriere della Sera; Massimo Giletti, Rai journalist.
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY: Antonio Uricchio, president of ANVUR; Giovanni Guzzetta, full professor of Public Law, Roma Tre University; Vincenzo Tondi della Mura, professor of Constitutional Law, University of Salento.
HEALTH: Angelo Vescovi, president of the National Bioethics Committee; Giampaolo Angelucci, president of Tosinvest; Kamel Ghribi, vice president of the San Donato Group; Carlo Tosti, President of the Biomedical Campus.
