Sergio Mattarella visits Germany ahead of 80th anniversary of Marzabotto massacre

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Speaking alongside Germany's president Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Sergio Mattarella warned against the rise of political populism and said peace in Ukraine didn’t have to mean submission.

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00:00Italian President Sergio Mattarella has hailed the great relationship between Rome and Berlin

00:07on a three-day state visit to Germany.

00:10Speaking alongside his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Mattarella said we

00:14need a stronger and more united EU to respond to international challenges.

00:20Mattarella also warned against the dangers of political populism and speaking about ways

00:25to end the war in Ukraine said that peace shouldn't mean submission.

00:29On Sunday, both presidents will head to Italy to attend a service to mark the 80th anniversary

00:35of one of the worst atrocities committed against civilians by the Nazis.

00:40From 29th September to 5th October 1944, Waffen-SS troops killed at least 770 Italian civilians

00:48in the northern village of Marzabotto.

00:50It was the largest massacre of civilians committed by the Waffen-SS in Western Europe during

00:55the war and remains the deadliest mass shooting in Italy's history.

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