Prince Albert II sends his best wishes to Monegasques and residents for 2023
The Sovereign took stock of the year 2022, before addressing the highlights that will mark 2023.
This is the tradition every year. Prince Albert II, alongside his wife Princess Charlene and their children, Hereditary Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, expressed his best wishes to the people of Monaco for the New Year. A speech which expresses all the solidarity of the Princely Family with those who suffered in 2022, but which also brings hope and beautiful projects for 2023, recalling the Sovereign’s commitments:
” Dear Compatriots, Dear Residents, Dear Friends,
2022 will have been a year of trials for all those who experience war, oppression, violence and intolerance in our tormented world.
Also the Princess and I will hear to express to them here all our support, our compassion and our affection.
All our thoughts are also with those who have suffered, in their entourage or in their chair, from these illnesses which remind us of the fragility of existence, but also, sometimes, of our capacity for resilience in the face of what blesses us. The long Covid-19 health crisis, the outcome of which we are beginning to see, will have lastingly tested us.
Edmond Rostand was able to write that “It is beautiful to believe in light at night! “. But one could add opportunely that it is in the early morning light – and perhaps more especially in Christmas time – that one sees outstretched hands.
This is why, in 2023, we will continue to reach out our hands, to mobilize and to put all our energy at the service of peace, acceptance of others and solidarity.
Our children satisfying that we think and shape a reconciled and balanced world. A world respectful of Nature too: Be assured of my commitment to the preservation of our planet, in particular its biodiversity, both marine and terrestrial.
We can also be satisfied with the new agreement reached a few days ago in Montreal during COP15 on biological diversity.
My deep conviction is that each of us can act according to our measure. We are all concerned. We are all capable. We hold a part of this collective power which alone allows us to change the world for the better.
The year 2023 will be a year of elections in our countries, national and municipal elections. These moments, essential for the balance of our institutions, improved, if need be, the vitality of our democracy.
I have no doubt that the women and men who will be entrusted with new responsibilities will be keen to be committed players in the rule of law, supported by this confidence and this fervor which have enabled us to build our history and project ourselves into the future.
The year 2023 will also be a year of celebrations with the commemorations of the centenary of the birth of my father, Prince Rainier III, “Prince Builder” in many areas. It will have made Monaco a modern and dynamic constitutional monarchy, open to the world and active within the concert of nations.
2023 will also mark the 30th anniversary of the Principality’s accession to the United Nations; and here I want to reiterate all my attachment to multilateralism and respect for our international commitments.
Our contemporary challenges are global and call for global responses: climate and energy crises, fight against terrorism, money laundering and corruption, fight against famines, gender equality, etc. Europe as well as in the ongoing discussions with a view to a rapprochement with the European Union, which constitute decisive priorities for the future of our country.
I know that I can count on the Monegasque community, our residents and our partners to pursue and reinvent our economic and social model. “Tomorrow” is not an empty word, but the horizon of a shared desire.
My Family joins me in extending to you our warmest wishes for the year 2023.
Happy New Year.
Good year.
Good Anu Noevu. »