The Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte on Sunday evening announced that, from 4 may, the country will be weakened quarantine mode, which will allow to resume the work of the most part of industrial enterprises, construction companies and wholesalers. Although “freedom for all” is not yet in sight, the Italians live in high spirits, waiting for the lifting of the restrictions. The day before the announcement of the transition of the “second phase” of the pandemic, the country celebrated the 75th anniversary of liberation from fascism with the singing of “Bella Ciao” on the balconies and virtual meetings with veterans of the Resistance. With details — the correspondent of “Kommersant” in Rome Helen Pushkarskaya.The first swallows of the transition to the second stage of the pandemic have already become enterprises of strategic importance, as well as companies working for export. As of may 4, will resume most of the industry, repair and construction companies and wholesale trade.The government’s decision to loosen the strict quarantine regime was adopted against the backdrop of more encouraging statistics of the pandemic. We will remind, since mid-March from COVID-19 in the country died every day more than 300 people.However, as the Prime Minister said Conte, “second phase” of the fight against the pandemic would not mean “freedom for all”. It remains unclear as will be observed social distancing in public transport, especially the inevitable increase in passenger traffic. According to the sanitary requirements, buses and subway cars must be filled only one-third, with the appropriate markup for passengers already applied. However, carried out at the end of last week testing the morning of entry of passengers into the Roman metro has led to long queues at the entrance.It is planned that on may 18 will open retail stores, museums, exhibitions and libraries, and athletes will solve the exercise in teams. However, to visit bars and restaurants, hairdressers and beauty salons will have to wait until June 1. The government is also thinking on the measures necessary for the possible opening of the beach season. As for schools, they will remain closed until the fall. The only exception may be the final exams.Living with anticipation of a weakening of quarantine measures last Saturday, the Italians celebrated the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the country from fascism. Established in 1946, the national holiday is celebrated in the memory of started on the 25th of April 1945 the onset of the guerrillas in the North of the country, occupied by Nazi troops. Milan, Turin, Genoa and several other Northern cities were freed before they entered the Anglo-American allies.In celebration of the victory, which in Italy was called the “April 25”, across the country held demonstrations of associations of veterans of the guerrilla movement, which still very active. For example, last may, the head of the “League” Matteo Salvini, who held the post of Deputy Prime Minister, pointedly went in that day to Sicily to open a police station. This year, during the eve of the feast of the meeting of the Parliament deputies of right-wing parties, the “League” and “Brothers of Italy” refused to get together with other parliamentarians, to honor the memory of the heroes of April 25.The current 75-year anniversary of the liberation of Italy was celebrated in quarantine, which traditional rallies and demonstrations have been cancelled. However, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella still laid a wreath at the memorial to the Unknown soldier at Rome’s Piazza Venezia. Left his residence at the Quirinal Palace for the first time during the quarantine, the President was all alone and with a mask on his face, which he removed, only paving the way to the Eternal flame. The square itself, as the surrounding streets of the Italian capital, which showed the TV was also completely empty. People gathered on balconies, watching the sky speeding aircraft.So began the flash mob, which have recently called on the national Association of Italian partisans (ANPI). And although squares and streets remained empty, the famous partisan song “Bella Ciao” (ciao Bell) sounded from balconies and open Windows. For the first time since March, when at the beginning of the quarantine, the inhabitants of the Apennines cheered himself joint singing, the neighbors greeted each other and their country greetings, day, determined, as he said in his congratulatory address the President of Italy, its future democratic destiny.The celebration continued on the ANPI platform and on the website of the newspaper La Repubblica, as well as on Central and regional TV channels, said they were partisan songs, showed movies and newsreels, and interviews with the participants of the resistance movement. However, most of the stories the veterans have been recorded if not in previous years, the months ago. Those who have survived, are at particular risk in connection with the pandemic.The correspondent of “Kommersant” managed to talk to the daughter of one of these characters, the 88-year-old Lydia was the year. Her family during the war, lived in Milan, and she believes that to compare those days of hunger and bombing with the current difficulties the home stretch it is impossible.Nevertheless, Parallels in Italy these days are held frequently. In many speeches and articles sound the same thought: if the war-ravaged country has managed to quickly restore its economy and to move forward, it will be impossible for her and after a pandemic.
