Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, has called for the organizers of the Sanremo Festival to dedicate a moment to the Day of Remembrance of the Foibe and the Julian-Dalmatian exodus. He believes it would be an important gesture to remember the horror of the sinkholes and the Julian-Dalmatian exodus. Sangiuliano has appealed to the festival organizers to dedicate a space within the event to the Day of Remembrance.