Rome, 11 Sept. (LaPresse) – “She had by then stopped speaking out, getting angry, taking action – but only after her illness had worn her down to the very end. For Emma, her passion for world affairs, for politics in the noblest sense of the word, was inextricably linked in her daily life to her passion for life itself. My thoughts are with her family and loved ones. I join the many others who, even without ever having met her, are feeling a sense of grief today that stems from a deep sense of gratitude, having felt her presence as a friend by their side during some of their own important decisions.” So wrote Marco Cappato, treasurer of the Luca Coscioni Association, in a statement. “I would like to add,” Cappato continues, “my personal gratitude for her example, with her brusque manner, and for her brutal sincerity, which I experienced first-hand on the journey we undertook as fellow Radicals – a journey marked by countless defeats that could be overcome and a few, unforgettable successes: one above all, the creation of the International Criminal Court. There were certainly clashes and misunderstandings amongst us, which drove us apart, but without undermining our mutual respect and esteem. To resist the worst that threatens to prevail, particularly in ‘her’ Europe, it will be both useful and important to keep her memory alive in the only way possible: through new struggles for freedom, waged by people – regardless of their political persuasion – who are inspired by the tenacity – she called it ‘stubbornness’ – with which she defended liberal democracy against the age-old, tragic illusions peddled by the new demagogues. Thank you, Emma.”
Bonino and Cappato: ‘We mourn the loss of a friend’
Rome, 11 Sept. (LaPresse) – “She had by then stopped speaking out, getting angry, taking action – but only after her illness had worn her down to the very end. For Emma, her passion for world affairs, for politics in the noblest sense of the word, was inextricably linked in her daily life to her passion for life itself. My thoughts are with her family and loved ones. I join the many others who, even without ever having met her, are feeling a sense of grief today that stems from a deep sense of gratitude, having felt her presence as a friend by their side during some of their own important decisions.” So wrote Marco Cappato, treasurer of the Luca Coscioni Association, in a statement. “I would like to add,” Cappato continues, “my personal gratitude for her example, with her brusque manner, and for her brutal sincerity, which I experienced first-hand on the journey we undertook as fellow Radicals – a journey marked by countless defeats that could be overcome and a few, unforgettable successes: one above all, the creation of the International Criminal Court. There were certainly clashes and misunderstandings amongst us, which drove us apart, but without undermining our mutual respect and esteem. To resist the worst that threatens to prevail, particularly in ‘her’ Europe, it will be both useful and important to keep her memory alive in the only way possible: through new struggles for freedom, waged by people – regardless of their political persuasion – who are inspired by the tenacity – she called it ‘stubbornness’ – with which she defended liberal democracy against the age-old, tragic illusions peddled by the new demagogues. Thank you, Emma.”