“Discomfort and discomfort”. The truth about the complaint –

MEP Piero Fassino, interviewed by Enrico Galletti on RTL102.5, clarifies the situation following being accused of stealing perfume at the airport. And he says: “I’m not well, I feel uncomfortable and very unwell. I have never stolen anything in my life.” But what happened? This morning, the daily newspaper Il Fatto reported what happened at Fiumicino airport: Fassino inadvertently put a women’s perfume in his pocket while having his hands full with the phone on one side and the trolley on the other. The deputy immediately clarified the matter, but would have been reported.

Mandatory conditional because, as he says on the radio, he has not received any complaints. “I’m not well, I’m not coping well with this matter, which causes me discomfort and a lot of uneasiness. It’s all the result of a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding that I hope will be clarified. I went to Fiumicino airport, went to the duty free shop, took a perfume from the shelves for my wife, but having my hands full with a trolley and phone, I put it in the pocket of the jacket I was wearing. This gesture, done naively, was actually seen by a security officer, who stopped me and asked me to account for it, I tried to explain, but he didn’t think my explanation was exhaustive, he called a police officer, recording the fact . It is an episode – explains the representative of the Democratic Party – that makes me deeply uncomfortable. I have never stolen anything in my life. In fifty years of political activity I have never made similar gestures.” I hope this thing can be clarified”, Fassino hoped.

What effect do the titles “reported for attempted theft” have on you, combined with your name? “To date I have not received any notification of complaint. I read in the newspapers that there might be a complaint, but I haven’t received any formal documents”, continues the MEP. On the microphones of RTL102.5 he is pressed by Galletti, who asks him: “Did he finally give the gift to his wife?” And he replies: “Yes, of course, but not that perfume. I bought another one outside, everything as expected.”