Democracy is not free

Faced with the re-emergence of anti-democratic myths and models that were thought to be buried, Luciano Violante, jurist, magistrate, former President of the Chamber of Deputies and long-time protagonist in the life of the institutions, guides us to discover what remains of the spirit of the Italian Constitution. In order to understand how democracy has been reduced to a mere 'technique of government' and to restore dignity and meaning to behaviour and words, and so let them resist authoritarian temptations and give rise to a new season of civic awareness.