Starting today, Malpensa Airport is dedicated to Silvio Berlusconi . A plaque at the entrance to Terminal 1 of the train station commemorates this. Among those present at the ceremony were Senate President Ignazio La Russa, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini, and President of the Lombardy Region Attilio Fontana. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister and Forza Italia president Antonio Tajani spoke via video from New York, where he was attending the United Nations General Assembly.
"For SEA," said President Micaela Castelli, opening the ceremony, "this is a significant day involving a symbolic location of Milan and Lombardy." In her words, Milan's airport "is one of our country's great international gateways, an airport that daily demonstrates this region's vocation to open up, grow, and build relationships with the world." "Even the symbol of this naming," she emphasized, "had to be worthy of its institutional value and the identity of the place that hosts it. We chose simplicity and elegance, the hallmarks of a Milan and a Lombardy that have made the ability to undertake, innovate, and look to the world part of their identity. Within this history, we can all recognize the meaning of the naming we are celebrating today."
It's a day of great joy and profound emotion. Seeing Silvio Berlusconi's name at Malpensa Airport means accompanying the millions of people who arrive or depart our country every day. An airport is a place open and forward-looking, just like Silvio Berlusconi : modern, free, and a leader. From today, his name will be here, in one of the most international locations in our country. And every day, alongside that name, his ideas, his energy, and that extraordinary faith in Italy that he always conveyed will live on.
"The plaque bearing the name Silvio Berlusconi, which officially commemorates the airport's naming, unveiled today at Terminal 1, is truly a sad moment. I hope it can be removed in the future ," said Pierfrancesco Majorino, leader of the Democratic Party (PD) group in the Regional Council and member of the national secretariat.
(Unioneonline)
