Giorgio Napolitano is not there. And during the exchange of greetings between the highest offices of state, he dismisses criticism of how he handled the government crisis: “It is a serious lightness to say that democracy has been suspended. My duty was to avoid the dissolution of the Chambers". He adds: "Also because I was impartial".
According to the President of the Republic, Monti's appointment "was not an institutional tear". Specifying: "With Berlusconi, international sustainability was at the limit". For Napolitano "avoiding the polls was the best choice" and "Monti is not a caretaker government".
