EU values ;;don't allow moral
compromises, President Sergio Mattarella said in accepting an
honorary degree at the university of Coimbra in Portugal at the
start of a two-day visit to the Iberian country.
Universities stimulate "knowledge and discussion. I am convinced
that constructive dialogue, a sense of the common good,
deontological ethics, as well as a willingness to innovate and
contribute to the accumulation of productive social capital,
derive from this. These are essential prerequisites for economic
growth in advanced states of law, such as ours. They are also
manifestations of those fundamental values ;;that we share and
that have forged the European identity and do not allow moral
compromises", said Mattarella, speaking at the University of
Coimbra, the country's oldest.
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