Milan, 28 June (LaPresse) – ‘The Venetians are proud to have had him as a guest. Let him enjoy these days, we'll be waiting for him when he wants to come back.’ This was said by the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, in an interview with Corriere della Sera, regarding the criticism of the celebrations in the city for the millionaire wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez. ‘I understand the students' protests, we were all young once: they are idealists, they want to make a splash, especially when they have the opportunity to get more media attention,’ he said, adding, ‘However, there are those who are exploiting this event, I am referring to the extreme left, which is crushing the Venetian Democratic Party. There will be elections again in the spring and there are those, like Bettin, who are thinking of running.’ ‘But does it seem normal to you,’ he adds, "to argue with the police on the ground when, until a few days ago, we were on the brink of a world war and we have the daughter of the President of the United States here? Do they know what a terrorism alert means? With the risk of crazy cells reawakening and harming, for example, our Jewish community? We're making the world laugh, come on! Instead of being happy that Venice is one of the safest cities in the world in terms of anti-terrorism and privacy…"