In an article published in the Sunday magazine of the daily Calabria Live, entitled “Messina, the Bridge of Records—Italy Challenged The World”, EIR Strategic Alert co-editor Claudio Celani welcomed the Italian government final approval of the Bridge over the Strait of Messina (Messina Bridge), as a key infrastructure in Lyndon LaRouche’s “World Landbridge” program . The magazine has several more articles dedicated to the Messina Bridge, including an interview with Italian Infrastructure minister Matteo Salvini.
After having exposed the decades-long opposition and sabotage of the project, from domestic as well as international forces aimed at preventing Italy from taking its proper role in the Mediterranean, Celani stressed that the Bridge will not only bring Sicily closer to the Italian mainland, but Europe closer to Africa:
“We all understand that the Bridge, together with the high-speed train and highway connections, will bring Sicily closer to Italy and vice versa. But also Sicily and Southern Italy to Central and Northern Europe. If everything works north of the Alps, it will be possible to travel from Berlin to Palermo in eight hours. Furthermore, the Bridge will bring Italy and Europe closer to the African continent, whose development is Europe’s natural—and obligatory—mission. It is, in fact, inconceivable to stem the migratory phenomenon without intervening to create development, with a vision that goes beyond the Italian government’s Mattei Plan, laudable though its intentions are, but entirely insufficient.”
