” “What happened to the young Italian man assaulted in Berlin "can only surprise those who don’t know the real situation of Germany, especially in the new Federal states where the employment rate is very high and where people are in distress and social frustration, which are channelled into forms of violence that burst out in foolish ways". This was said to SIR by Mauro Montanari, director of "Il Corriere d’Italia", the paper of the Italian Catholic Missions in Germany as he commented the assault, which occurred in the past few days, of a young ice-cream seller of Italian origins, who had been living in Germany for about ten years.” “The local authorities are worried about the assault, partly because of the incoming World Football Championship, which will be attended by about three million football fans from all over the world. Today, it is "urgent says Montanari to give young people those values of cohabitation, integration, tolerance and friendliness that have become the shared values of Europe: what happened must be by no means underestimated by anyone".” “
