Cosenza’s candidacy for the title of Italian City of Youth 2026 was made official this morning during a press conference in the council room of Palazzo dei Bruzi. The project was illustrated, in its general lines, by Salvatore Giordano, president of the Cosenza Youth Municipal Council, a body elected in November 2024 and protagonist of the participatory preparation of the dossier. The President of the Municipal Council Giuseppe Mazzuca opened the press conference and defined the candidacy as “a wonderful adventure that we strongly wanted together with the Municipal Administration and Mayor Franz Caruso”. Mazzuca extended particular thanks to councilor Alessandra Bresciani, delegate for relations with the municipal youth council, and to councilor delegate for culture Antonietta Cozza, for the decisive support provided in the preparation of the candidacy. “We are among the first municipal administrations in Italy to have established the Youth Municipal Council – underlined Mazzuca – and we did not do so for pure appearance, but to enhance a concrete work that today is there for all to see.