Milan, 2 June (LaPresse) – “We are living in complex, difficult times, in which democracies such as ours are called upon to confront new threats and an increasingly unstable and dangerous international balance of power. Today, the borders we must defend are not merely geographical: they are those of cyberspace, outer space, critical infrastructure, energy networks, technology and fake news, upon which our security and our freedom depend. Today, for us as for Italy, for an entire nation, safeguarding our institutions, the Republic and democracy means guaranteeing and protecting our certainties: freedom, the State, civil life, security‘ and ’for this reason, we have a duty to build, as we have been doing for years, quietly, without fanfare, but with confidence, a credible, modern and well-prepared defence force, to guarantee peace and protect our citizens”. So said the Minister of Defence, Guido Crosetto, in a message released for Republic Day on 2 June.
2 June, Crosetto: ‘New threats to democracies call for a credible defence’
Milan, 2 June (LaPresse) – “We are living in complex, difficult times, in which democracies such as ours are called upon to confront new threats and an increasingly unstable and dangerous international balance of power. Today, the borders we must defend are not merely geographical: they are those of cyberspace, outer space, critical infrastructure, energy networks, technology and fake news, upon which our security and our freedom depend. Today, for us as for Italy, for an entire nation, safeguarding our institutions, the Republic and democracy means guaranteeing and protecting our certainties: freedom, the State, civil life, security‘ and ’for this reason, we have a duty to build, as we have been doing for years, quietly, without fanfare, but with confidence, a credible, modern and well-prepared defence force, to guarantee peace and protect our citizens”. So said the Minister of Defence, Guido Crosetto, in a message released for Republic Day on 2 June.
