“Shameful to criminalize” –

MEP Ilaria Salis, on the sidelines of the National Assembly of the Italian Left at the Frentani Congress Center in Rome, responded to the words spoken regarding her by Giorgia Meloni. “Giorgia Meloni’s words on incitement to crime by housing movements? I find it shameful that social demands and demands are answered with criminalization and a police state,” said the teacher from Monza, who since she was elected has begun to promote and legitimize illegal occupation of homes. But what did the prime minister say? A guest of Paolo Del Debbio, who dedicated the latest episode of Dritto e rovescio to the issue, the leader of Fratelli d’Italia defined it as “shameful” that “those who are paid by Italians to write laws make excuses for the violation of laws” as well as “that privileged people illegally occupy homes intended for poor people.”

“To intervene on social issues, one should consider them seriously and intervene on people’s living conditions, which is something this government is careful not to do,” added Salis. In her speech, appreciated by the studio audience and a good part of public opinion, Meloni had also asked for explanations from the left that so much supports and praises the MEP. “I consider the silence of the left on these positions to be scandalous,” the prime minister said, “particularly from the Democratic Party and the 5 Star Movement.” Nicola Fratoianni, on the other hand, said he was happy with the election of the 39-year-old. “Then you will get to know Ilaria, you will get to know her in the things she will do more and more… In short, ‘mission accomplished’ I feel like saying, given that we have worked so hard,” he said, speaking from the stage of the national assembly of the Italian Left.