Luigi de Magistris (politician)

Luigi de Magistris

Luigi de Magistris (born 1967) is an Italian politician and former prosecutor who served as mayor of Naples from 2011 to 2021. He began his prosecutor career in 1995, attracing significant media attention for his investigations, and served in this role between Naples and Catanzaro until 2009. He was also a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2011.

Quotes

• The Master q:it:Aldo Masullo, to whom we recently conferred honorary citizenship of Naples, has left this earthly life. One of the greatest philosophers of the late 20th century, with the highest ethical standards and profound intellectual rigor, we remember his lucid political analyses right up until the last few days. A beacon for many, a solid point of reference for Neapolitan culture.
  • • Ha lasciato la vita terrena il maestro Masullo, al quale recentemente abbiamo anche conferito la cittadinanza onoraria di Napoli. Uno dei più grandi filosofi del secondo Novecento, di altissimo profilo etico, di profondo rigore intellettuale, ricordiamo le sue lucide analisi politiche fino ai giorni scorsi. Un faro per tanti, un solidissimo punto di riferimento della cultura partenopea.
    • As quoted in Addio ad Aldo Masullo: morto il filosofo che attraversò il Novecento, Exibart.com (April 24, 2020)

• Naples is a special city, and has been so throughout history. When the entire continent was experiencing periods of stagnation, Naples marked important accelerations in the world of culture. Its university, one of the oldest in Europe, was a point of reference when the rest of Europe was torn apart by internal wars. It is a city that never allowed the Holy Inquisition to act freely and unchallenged. It is a city that, under foreign and military occupation, liberated itself by autonomously surrendering to those who brought about the retreat of the Nazis in World War II.
  • Napoli è una città particolare, lo è stata anche storicamente. Quando l'intero continente viveva fasi di stallo Napoli ha segnato importanti accelerazioni nel mondo della cultura. L'Università, tra le più antiche d'Europa, è stata punto di riferimento quando tutta l'Europa era dilaniata da guerre interne. È una città che non ha mai consento alla Santa Inquisizione di agire liberamente e incontrastata. È una città che sotto l'occupazione straniera e militare si è liberata da sola concedendosi autonomamente a chi nella seconda guerra mondiale determinava la ritirata dei nazisti.
    • NAPOLI E IL MEDITERRANEO, luigidemagistris.it (September 23, 2011)

• I hope that Ireland votes in favor so that the Lisbon Treaty can come into force and be a step forward for democracy in Europe, because the European Parliament will have more powers and greater importance, and it will not be the governments that are in charge but the people through their representatives in Parliament. In Ireland, Italian-Irish people also play a fundamental role.
  • Io mi auguro che passi il voto positivo dell'Irlanda in modo che il trattato di Lisbona entri in vigore e sarà un passo in avanti per la democrazia in Europa perché il parlamento europeo avrà più poteri, avrà più importanza e non saranno i governi a comandare ma il popolo attraverso i loro rappresentanti in parlamento; in Irlanda anche gli italiani irlandesi hanno un ruolo fondamentale.
    • at the Italia dei Valori meeting in Vasto (September 19, 2009). Video available on YouTube.

Un sistema d'affari sta strozzando la Calabria

From an interview of Enrico Fierro, l'Unità (August 13, 2007), p. 10

• There is a new form of organized crime in Calabria, which is not only 'ndrangheta, which tends to manage public funds, those that have arrived, those that are arriving, and those that will arrive. This is the fundamental crux of the matter, because it is there that collusion between institutions, politics, business, and the banking system takes root, grows stronger, and increases.
• Once there were deviant services, a deviant judiciary, and even deviant journalists, but now the situation is being reversed. The few magistrates who conduct investigations, the few journalists who write, and the investigators who do their duty are the ones who are deviant.
• If half of the funds that arrived had been used, Calabria could have been a small Switzerland.

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