Yesterday morning, as everyone knows, the new Prime Minister Matteo Renzi gave his speech to the Senate to obtain a vote of confidence. A speech that was certainly very original from every point of view; a speech made more to the people than to the senators; a speech that, if it was expected not to be "particularly appreciated" by the opposition, also saw very little enthusiasm from those senators who, with varying degrees of stomach aches and other various cramps, felt forced to vote for him.
I should preface this: I am neither an early-era Renzi supporter nor a recent one; I have never had the urge to jump on the winning bandwagon, nor, much less, to identify myself—aside from often beastly youthful mistakes—with other people.
I have my own ideas, I am from the Left, and I can well understand certain points of view that may or may come from that area. But equally, I cannot understand how, in the face of a factual novelty such as what occurred these past few days, people blinded probably by their personal pride and their desire to be prima donnas, fail to see that Renzi, regardless, is a great opportunity for this tormented country.
In Bologna there is a saying: talk is talk and tagliatelle are eaten. Well! Before shooting judgmentally, let us see what the issues are and, above all, if there will indeed be any tagliatelle.
In the meantime, however, I must note that in the Prime Minister's speech, for the first time—barring memory lapses or my own inattention—Music and Music in schools were explicitly mentioned.
If it is as I think, it is a truly extraordinary novelty, and it is strange that this part of his speech escaped those who, for one reason or another, have been trying to bring this topic to the forefront for decades.
Here is the part I am referring to: "If it is said that the phrase 'you can't eat culture' is wrong, one must also have the courage to say that culture must open itself up to the involvement of private investment and create jobs.
I would, however, like to show myself and you the faces and features of those who, in these years, have had
the opportunity, for example, to see a museum at night, have had the opportunity to be questioned by
an artwork, have had the opportunity to try to listen to the beauty of music, not
only in schools—where it should be brought or brought back in a different way—but also in
daily life."
I already know, I can already hear someone's grumbling: is that all?
Good heavens, gentlemen, this is unheard of. When have you ever heard a Prime Minister say even just this small part or something similar: 'had the opportunity to be questioned by an artwork, had the opportunity to try to listen to the beauty of music'?
Never! A sentence like that has behind it either a very sensitive soul or, for the umpteenth time, a clever trickster. I will at least credit him with having said it... then regarding this and much other beautiful things he said yesterday, I await the tagliatelle. But, however you look at it, if the tagliatelle do not arrive, do not be happy about it, because it will nonetheless be, just a disaster, uglier and more painful than any other.
