The clash continues in the Chamber of Palazzo Madama over Giorgia Meloni's words yesterday on the Ventotene Manifesto.
The first to speak at the beginning of the session was Raffaella Paita (IV) who wanted to "stigmatize the words" used in the Chamber by the Prime Minister. "What happened yesterday is serious for democracy and for Europe - she said amid shouts and protests from right-wing parliamentarians - I think it is shameful to extrapolate phrases from a manifesto written by heroes in exile. What happened yesterday dishonors the country and does not do justice to Europe and the anti-fascist Resistance. It is an ugly page".
Also critical were the interventions of Tino Magni (Avs) and Dario Parrini (Pd), while from the center-right senators there were cries of protest. What happened yesterday, Paita insists, «testifies to something hidden in your thoughts» that «you have not yet freed yourselves from».
"Attacking the Ventotene Manifesto - intervenes the senator of Avs Tino Magni - means denying the history and the foundations of the Republic". "The President of the Republic Mattarella - recalls Dario Parrini while the protest rages from the benches of the center-right - went to Ventotene to bring a flower to those who were in confinement to defend freedom and what is the foundation of our Constitution".
Even the leader of the M5S group Stefano Patuanelli disputes Meloni's words, observing how the controversy "served to divert the divisions in the majority" with the League which invited not to vote for von der Leyen's plan.
(Online Union)