ALT
ALTMeeting Senator Francesca La Marca in Rome
I was delighted to meet with Senator Francesca La Marca at the Palazzo Madama, the former Medici palace that houses Italy’s Senate.
We had a wide-ranging discussion on:
❦ Implementing the UN Biodiversity Convention;
❦ Access to nature as a civic imperative;
❦ Middle power alliances to counterbalance great power coercion;
❦ Sustaining pluralism and inclusive models of national identity;
❦ The Future of the EU and European defence mobilisation.
I found it a productive and extraordinarily thoughtful exchange, and I am grateful to her for her insights and help with my work.
Though the Western Roman Empire fell 1'550 years ago, Francesca and her fellow Senators clearly still strive to uphold virtus, gravitas, et fides.