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Italian president Sergio Mattarella warned that “the bloody conflict” triggered by Russia’s invasion on Ukraine “demands greater attention and a significant effort to adapt the military to create a common European defence force” to play a major role within Nato.
In a statement issued on the Italian National Unification and Armed Forces’ Day, marking the anniversary of the armistice of Villa Giusti in 1918, he also warned that “new conflicts have emerged in Europe and the Mediterranean, challenging the security framework built in the postwar period and the institutions established to protect it.”