The ANM and the UDC remember Emma Bonino: protagonist of republican history and defender of rights

Anm: "Bonino, protagonist of republican history, fought for rights"

After Friday was marked by bipartisan political condolences, yesterday the president of the ANM Giuseppe Tango also remembered Emma Bonino. "I would like to express my condolences for the passing of Emma Bonino, a leading protagonist in republican history. A woman capable of fighting for rights and carrying out social and civil battles. Our closeness goes to her loved ones and her political family", said Tango, opening the meeting of the Central Steering Committee of the national association of magistrates.

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The tribute to the UDC party

And on Saturday there was no lack of applause from the audience at the UDC national party for Emma Bonino and for the liberal exponent Raffaele Costa, two political protagonists who both passed away on Friday. "Bonino fought for the United States of Europe and we too should fight for the United States of Europe", underlined Michaela Biancofiore, president of the UDC-Civics of Italy parliamentary group, followed by Lorenzo Cesa who remembered Raffaele Costa as "a great liberal, a great politician and a great man", and defined the historic radical leader as "a woman who made the political history of this country, in her own way a great Italian and a great European". "We of the UDC and the Catholic world - underlined Cesa - have been on the other side of Bonino on many issues, on non-negotiable values and issues such as life and family we have clashed. But precisely for this reason it is right to remember her with respect. She represents something that has been lost in this politics, coherence: she never changed her mind because of a poll, she never chased easy consensus but fought for her ideas, right or wrong in our eyes, with courage that must be recognized. She lived politics as a service and not as a profession. She was a convinced pro-European like we are. In an era of liquid leaders with no history, she reminds us that politics is study, passion, total dedication to others."

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