To the citizens of Europe.

Coordinamento
della Rete dei Sindaci
ed Elleni d'Italia

http://www.forgreece.eu/

To the citizens of Europe. Europe unites peoples, cultures and traditions that are unrivaled in the world, and their identities. And together these nations have expressed an idea that only extraordinarily difficult to decline: that diversity is wealth and that the unity in diversity can be based on a set of values and principles, democracy, social cohesion, subsidiarity, the value the person, legal certainty ... The economic crisis gripping Europe and has engulfed Greece (arrived at a ratio of government debt to GDP that stood at 160%) is putting this idea in deep crisis, promoting the revival of ancient selfishness and nationalism. Greece, a people of about 11 million inhabitants with a unique history, when Europe and throughout the West have a good part of their civilization, the very idea of democracy, theater, philosophy, poetry ... While the National and Community institutions are finding the solutions, because the European economy returns to growth, the European people is called to demonstrate in this difficult time in its history that exists, who can be in solidarity with those most fragile, really want and actually be together. For this we turn with our initiative to individual citizens, their associations, municipalities all over Europe, among which more than any other institutions represent their community, because a free economic aid to the Hellenic Red Cross, however small, provided repeated for 12 months, both the tangible sign of our feeling and be one people, the people of Europe.

The Coordination of the Network of Mayors and the Hellenes of Italy