The Italian cameras are focused today on Piazza Duomo in Milan where at 3 pm there will be the funeral of Silvio Berlusconi, who died two days ago at the age of 86. Videolina will also follow the ceremony presided over by Archbishop Mario Delpini.
Imposing security measures due to the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, at least 32 government officials, and foreign heads of state and government.
Starting at 10, the square is cordoned off and guarded by the police. Thousands of citizens are expected who will be able to attend the funeral of the Knight from two giant screens.
Safety routes have also been set up for any help given that today is expected to be a sunny day with peaks of 27 degrees.
PRESENT AND ABSENT – Approximately 2,000 guests will be able to find room in the church. The entrances to the cathedral are highly selected: the family will be on the right side while the authorities on the left side. Mario Monti, Mario Draghi, Matteo Renzi, the secretary of the Pd Elly Schlein, Carlo Calenda, eighty Forza Italia MPs and some of the former ministers of the Berlusconi governments confirmed their presence. Instead, there will be no Giuseppe Conte. Present were the mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala, the governor of Lombardy Attilio Fontana, that of Veneto Luca Zaia and of Piedmont Alberto Cirio. Representing the European Union, Paolo Gentiloni, commissioner for economic affairs, will be present, as will the president of the EPP, Manfred Weber. In addition to the Hungarian premier Viktor Orban, the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad and the president of Iraq Abdul Latif Rashid are expected among others.
A side entrance to the Duomo, near Piazza Fontana, has been reserved for the authorities. In short, an unprecedented public order plan.
(Unioneonline)
