Death of Silvio Berlusconi, Wednesday 14 June will be a day of national mourning; the funeral will be held in the Milan Cathedral. the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella has made known his message of condolence. Below is the text: "I learn with deep sadness the news of the death of Silvio Berlusconi, founder and leader of Forza Italy. Protagonist of long seasons of Italian politics and republican institutions. Berlusconi was a great political leader who marked the history of our Republic, influencing paradigms, uses and languages. In a season of profound upheavals, his descent into the field, with a newly founded party, obtained such wide consensus that he could immediately compose a majority and a government ".
Mattarella remembers the politician and the entrepreneur
“Berlusconi's leadership helped shape a new geography of Italian politics, allowing him to assume the office of prime minister four times. In these roles he has faced global events, such as the crisis opened by the attack on the Twin Towers, the fight against international terrorism and the financial upheavals at the end of the first decade of the new century. He gradually integrated the political movement he founded into the european popular family, favoring continuity in the Atlantic and pro-European orientation of our Republic.
He was a person with great humanity and a successful entrepreneur, an innovator in his field. He has conquered positions of absolute prominence in the television industry and in the media sector, well before his direct involvement in institutions. He is the author of important successes in the world of Italian sport. I wish to express my condolences and solidarity with his children, with all his family members and with his party. To those who have been closest to him in life and in the last battle against the disease, fought with courage and exemplary optimism".
The last greeting of Giorgia Meloni
“Silvio Berlusconi was above all a fighter, he was a man who was never afraid to defend his convictions. And it was exactly that courage and determination that made him one of the most influential men in the history of Italy. To allow him to make real breakthroughs in the world of politics, of communication and of the company". As Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a video message. “With him, Italy learned that it should never have limits imposed on it. He learned that he should never give up. With him we have fought, won, lost many battles. And for him too we will bring home the goals that we set ourselves together. Goodbye Silvio".
National mourning and state funerals
For the disappearance of Senator Berlusconi, Wednesday 14 June 2023 national mourning is proclaimed, the day chosen for the state funeral. This was ordered by the undersecretary of the Prime Minister, Alfredo Mantovano. As a sign of mourning, flags are raised at half-mast at the entrance of Chigi Palace, seat of the national government. Flags listed in mourning also in the Senate and in Deputies. Berlusconi's funeral will be held in Cathedral in Milan next Wednesday at 15pm; the rite will be officiated by the archbishop mons. Mario Delpini.
(Mattarella and Berlusconi on the cover / photo archive quirinale.it)
