Demonstrations in Italy for peace in Ukraine and the Middle East (+photos+video)

A statement published on Saturday on the organization's official website concerns, among other demands, “stopping the criminal madness of wars”, seeking a political solution to end the war between Kiev and Moscow, as well as “stopping the massacre and ethnic cleansing in Ukraine.” Palestinians” by Israel.

Groups such as the Coordinator of Constitutional Democracy, the Italian Women's Union (UDI), the Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL), the National Association of Partisans of Italy (ANPI), as well as the environmental organizations Legambiente and Greenpeace, among others. .

Giorgio Zampetti, Director General of the Legambiente Organization, said in statements to the press that “the world is experiencing a deep crisis characterized by conflicts and wars that cause the death of innocent people, destruction, and new forms of hatred and violence in different parts of the planet.”

“For this reason, today, together with many other civil society entities, we thought it was necessary to be present in the squares with our flags, to demand peace immediately,” Zampetti added.

In the streets of the city of Milan, in the northern Lombardy region, about five thousand demonstrators called for a ceasefire in Palestine, while in the Tuscan city of Florence, a peaceful human chain of a thousand people stretched along the Arno River, from the Santa Trinidad Bridge to the Caraya Bridge.

Ilaria Lanni, trade union leader of the CGIL in Florence, demanded during the event that “our country, as the Constitution stipulates, should be on the front line to reject war and build a policy of peace.”

The source indicated that similar protests took place in the cities of Palermo, Naples and Turin, as well as in other major urban centers and in small towns throughout Italy.

“A signal must be sent to reaffirm Europe’s role in building the path that leads to peace,” said Nicola Ricci, Secretary General of CGIL in Campania.

Ricci added during the demonstration in Naples: “It is necessary to reduce military spending in favor of social spending and stop the arms industry, to rebuild a climate of coexistence and security for all people.”

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