The role of the Courier, a greeting to the readers
Ferruccio De Bortoli
A newspaper tradition of great prestige and leadership changes, but always remains the same. In particular that the Courier is one of the few institutions to guarantee this country. Tomorrow will sign Stefano Folli, a colleague of great value, received by the editorial staff with a very wide vote of confidence. The writer's personal choice has been the source of exaggerated, left and right. I remember that the left in power there were people who wanted me to order from the Order of Journalists (and for a vote and failed) in addition to drag me to court, as it did then the right in subsequent years, the last prime minister's lawyers (who I hope, now, do not retire). That is to say that an independent newspaper, committed to reason about the facts without the lens of ideology or belonging, always bothering. An important new feature in the communication is then inevitably the subject of discussion, especially in a country ruled by a publisher, it would be less if you had solved the famous conflict of interest, which has expanded rather than reduced.
The Courier tried to be in recent years the secular and liberal newspaper of the dialogue, faithful to the values \u200b\u200bof their own tradition (the European choice to a market economy, the real one, by majority to establish a genuine two-party system of alternation ). We have endeavored to offer readers the maximum range of opinions, the rigor of the investigations and the news, never to part. But especially in the cultivation of the daily question. We have taken, when it was necessary, position. Saying yes to such wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan, but without telling her to wear any uniform or, worse, a helmet. We said no to the third, the last is declared to remove a regime odious weapons of mass destruction (which have not been found).
we believed, and believe, in a modern country where the opposition do not think that those who govern is a usurper of the will of the people in power and who does not treat the minority as a relic of the past. Majority and the opposition to discuss the real problems Italian, giving the example you set into a liberal democracy than the opinion of others is an essential principle. It 's too? It seems so. We believe that rulers should not consent to share the absolute legitimacy: the popular vote is sacred but not a mandate in white. There is a Constitution, there are principles and guarantees. Obstacles to reform? But no, you do, reforms, perhaps with the same determination with which you personally monitor lizard measures intended to affect pending litigation. Without insulting the judiciary, on whose guilt "policies" we have never been soft in recent years. No more fights. And attention to a country that never fails, in many of his more recent (including amnesties) and other public behavior, to lower the rate of legality, even more depressing its image abroad.
There has been talk of an economic decline, but more serious is the decline of political, institutional and moral. Politics is increasingly separates from the moral government activity borders dangerously with the affairs, not always public, freedom of information is viewed with increasing impatience. Fortunately, there is a better Italy, moderate, open, European Union, in a pole and another. And fortunately there is a carrier that remains and will always guarantee institution. Not subservient to anyone. So, uncomfortable, very uncomfortable.
A heartfelt thanks to the readers, I apologize for the mistakes made. Thanks to the editor, extraordinary, and in particular the Deputy Carlo Verdelli, Paolo Ermini and Massimo Gaggi, thanks to the publisher and shareholders. And a loving thought to the memory of Maria Grazia Cutuli, Walter Tobagi and all those who have died doing this job. They loved, like us very much. June 14, 2003
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