{"id":7954,"date":"2025-04-20T13:24:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T12:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/?p=7954"},"modified":"2025-06-26T13:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:34:42","slug":"in-memoriam-giovanni-sergio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/in-memoriam-giovanni-sergio\/","title":{"rendered":"In memoriam : Giovanni Sergio"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_432d3f53\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>It is with great sadness we learn that our colleague, Giovanni Sergio, have passed away on April 13, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>We remember him as an outstanding trade unionist, who was President of Union Syndicale F\u00e9d\u00e9rale from 1998 to 2008. We benefited from his many qualities as a leader: he knew how to manage debates involving highly antagonistic positions, finely distinguishing emotional elements from substance, in the search for the best possible consensus, with respect for all.<\/p>\n<p>Mastering both technical and tactical elements, as well as strategic objectives, he knew how to put stalled issues back on track with wisdom and patience. His conviction was profoundly syndicalist and European, and he was perfectly capable of placing our action in the institutional context, and this in the context of history and global politics, without pretension or exaggeration.<\/p>\n<p>We relished his Latin proverbs, which regularly reminded us how irony helps to keep things in perspective and enabled us to check whether our conclusions were right, or whether the debate had led us into a dead end.<\/p>\n<p>His qualities were recognised beyond the trade union world; the respect he earned from government representatives was visible, deep-rooted and well earned.<\/p>\n<p>We thank you, Giovanni.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Kempen<\/p>\n<p>USF General Secretary<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium with_line width_50 thick_3 style_solid color_primary align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His qualities were recognized beyond the trade union world; 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