Ilaria Salis? «If elected she would not be the first criminal in the European Parliament» .

Here comes the lunge from Budapest on the now official candidacy of Ilaria Salis in the next European elections.

Speaking is Eniko Gyori , former Hungarian ambassador to Rome and current MEP of Fidesz, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's party: «If Ilaria Salis were to sit in the European Chamber in July it wouldn't be a problem, on the other hand in this chamber it wouldn't be the first criminal. However, the fact that the Greens decided to nominate her is inconceivable to us ," he said in an interview with the Italian press.

The teacher of Sardinian origin, detained for over a year in Budapest on charges of having attacked some far-right militants, is a candidate on the Avs lists. In the event of election, parliamentary immunity would kick in and consequently she would be released from prison.

(Unioneonline/L)