The Venetian writer Roberto Ferrucci, in an article in Le Monde, concludes a story about the high floods disaster in Venice with the following words: “Venice can only be saved by the rest of the world; by a supranational organisation composed of very competent and capable people”.
The Venice disaster, as well as the one in Matera, shows that the protection of our common cultural heritage must be entrusted to an European protection agency and not just to the host countries.
We therefore welcome Ferrucci's proposal by launching this appeal for the EU, during this soul-searching time for Europe, to first create an ad hoc fund which could be quickly activated to save “Venice world heritage site”, a fund for which Italy and Europe must jointly assume responsibility; to later declare Venice as the first district of the nascent European Federation, and enter into a negotiation with the Italian Government to achieve this objective.
Venice, with its millenary history of republic open to every European people, is first and foremost the city of the dreams of the citizens of the old continent.
Save Venice, world heritage site, and demand it becomes an "EU district"!
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