Dario Franceschini says goodbye to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage. Here is his final speech

by Redazione , published on 12/05/2018
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Dario Franceschini said goodbye to MiBACT employees and bid farewell to the ministry. Here is his last speech as minister of cultural heritage.

Dario Franceschini has bid farewell to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. The now former minister expressed satisfaction with his own work and that of the employees and asked everyone that the efforts made over the years be taken into account and that we can continue to invest in cultural heritage. He was indeed right Obama, Franceschini commented as he greeted the MiBACT staff. When I welcomed him on the occasion of his visit to the Colosseum a few days after I took office by introducing myself as the Minister of Culture and Tourism, he shouted several times to his staff that there is no finer job in the world. And it is true. I was as passionate and amused as ever.

I had long suffered from the marginality to which the ministry had been relegated, I wanted to bring some political and parliamentary experience to the table, and claiming that I felt called to lead the country’s most important economic ministry served to convince decision-makers to a chance for confrontation that allowed the story of redemption that I have built with you over these years to begin.

Speaking instead to ministerial executives and museum directors present at the last meeting, Franceschini said, We have not always agreed on everything, but overall we have grafted in many changes, from the reform of the ministry to the law on cinema, from the art bonus to the law on live entertainment. A process of change like this can contain right and wrong choices, but the overall balance is that we have rebuilt a centrality of the sector made possible by collective work, a team mission that would not have been possible without your extraordinary professionalism.

I ask me and all of you, Franceschini finally concluded, to commit ourselves so that there is no going back. Governments alternate, but Italy remains Italy and culture and tourism remain the main sector in which to invest.

Dario Franceschini says goodbye to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage. Here is his final speech
Dario Franceschini says goodbye to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage. Here is his final speech


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