Mattarella: 'The concentration of powers weakens democracy'

'Subsidiarity links institutions to society' (ANSA)

“Arbitrary hierarchical criteria, powers separated from society or concentrations weaken the democratic system.” Sergio Mattarella issues a warning about the quality of democracy in our country, recalling that it is made of 'substance, not of mere form', and therefore requires 'equality that is achieved by making social rights effective'. The President of the Republic spoke about it yesterday at the Quirinale with the Foundation for Subsidiarity…

“It is important to strengthen the principle of subsidiarity: the alternative would be to introduce arbitrary hierarchical criteria, even favoring, in fact, powers separate from society or concentrations that weaken the democratic system”. This was stated by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, who this morning received at the Quirinale the president of the Foundation for Subsidiarity, Giorgio Vittadini, and a delegation from the Fo…

By PROF. EBERHARD HAMER 的 In the nobility feudalism of the Middle Ages until 1918, princes and kings needed no justification for their rule, for they claimed to be "called ruler by God's grace." Their only achievement was the right descent, which brought both the able and the incapable into the leadership functions of the peoples. According to Roman law and since Charles the Great also in Saxony, the land belonged to the king's property. He agai…