Yes, we still need to talk about our friend and activist Giorgio. He left us on Sunday 23 June!

But he will always be PRESENT!

Giorgio, from a family originally from Sardinia, started working at the age of 14. His school of life and struggle was the Belgian YCW, where he was an activist and national leader in the 1970s and 80s, and the European YCW, where he was leader from 1987 to 1991, as part of the International Team of the IYCW.

Married to Joaninha, former president of the Portuguese YCW, they are the parents of a son Vasco and a daughter Inès.

Giorgio, who became a Portuguese citizen, was an activist and leader in the CGTP trade union.

Giorgio and Joaninha also founded and ran a reception and social and professional integration centre for migrants from former Portuguese colonies on the outskirts of Lisbon.

Giorgio and Joaninha have always maintained contact with the current and former leaders of the Portuguese YCW.