Sara Guglielmetti Protests against high fuel prices have been ongoing for days in Southern Italy, particularly in Puglia and Calabria. This difficult situation is bringing the South to its knees: singer Al Bano has spoken out on the issue.
Southern Italy on its knees, Al Bano intervenes: "Life is incredibly hard, I understand."
Truck drivers have been protesting against high fuel prices in Southern Italy for days, especially in Puglia and Calabria. Apulian singer Al Bano spoke out about the situation in an interview with Adnkronos. Here's what he had to say: " Everything that's happening isn't pleasant. Living here, I feel this hardship, I experience it: I can work as a farmer simply because the singer supports it, but life here is truly hard, truly extremely hard.
I understand them and I suffer because I know what poverty means: I have known it very well and for many years ", said the singer from Cellino San Marco.
Al Bano addresses protests in Southern Italy and appeals to politicians
Al Bano spoke to Adnkronos about the protests that are bringing Southern Italy to its knees, also analyzing the situation from a socio-political point of view: “ Every time this blessed 'economic miracle ' begins to take shape, there is immediately a force ready to destroy it.
If we don't find a balance, Italy will always be hammered: it's always like this, always, and I'm very sorry. We need the union of all intellectual and cultural forces. We need to unite to solve problems, but here we divide ourselves and only make them worse ." The singer hopes that the truckers' demands can be met: " I hope there's fuel for everyone ; I hope we can achieve that little bit of well-being that is the fruit of great work; I hope everyone can enjoy the beauty of this wonderful country. Yesterday I was in the Colosseum for the first time, and so much history moved me once again. So I say: let's take inspiration from the past to find a path for the future."