Speech at the AP Annual Conference (San Francisco – 22 July, 2011).
"More Italian in the USA" is the Italian Embassy’s and the Consulates’ motto. While celebrating Italy’s 150th Anniversary this year, we should not forget that the Italian language had a crucial role, it was a binding element in the building of our Country: Italian language was truly the “founding moment of national identity”, and “one of the most ancient and noble cultural forces that have united the country and kept our citizens together and cohesive abroad”, as President Giorgio Napolitano recently said.
