Nicola Porro, deputy director of the newspaper ‘Il Giornale’, provoked this weekend a monumental polemic this still does not decrease. The correspondent of the right-wing newspaper published a video where you can see Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the Union’s minister and leader, Matteo Salvini. singing about a drowning immigrant Days after a small boat sank with dozens of deaths off Steccato di Cutro, Calabria. The issue was echoed in the pages of leading Italian newspapers and in the international press. many criticisms At a time when the Italian Government took Body search continues at sea some of the drowned immigrants.
Porro justified his decision to release the video with an article he posted on his website, which is not exempt from vulgar language. As he wrote, intent it was to show Salvini and Meloni have a good relationship and that the current Administrator has not hesitated, as some have written in recent weeks. “(…) published to show all nonsense in the newspapers These days, the so-called grudges within the government are completely fabricated,” he said.
Porro, ‘La Repubblica’ reporter Stefano Cappellini wrote, “karaoke embarrassment“, a summary of the facts circulating in the social networks and media of other countries as well. “Do you realize what these are saying? First, they make it clear that the government is responsible for the Cutro tragedy. (…) Then they blame the victims for not taking enough care of their families. Finally they think scandal Celebrating the 50th birthday of the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport,” he added.
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The thing is, some found this reaction even more interesting than the video itself. And that’s because it reflects a different scale of priorities and at the same time bankruptcy by moderation What Meloni and her allies want to convey to the world since last September far right wins elections in the transalpine country.
The reaction is also hidden culture warsVarious artists and intellectuals who heard Salvini and Meloni sing ‘as a response to the anger expressed by the opposition’Marinella Canzone’ anti-fascist and anarchist Fabrizio de Andrè. Journalist Paolo Berizzi commented, “You may not know, but this song is inspired by the story of a 16-year-old girl whose body was found in 1953 in the Tanaro river (northwest Italy). Congratulations, it’s sensitive.” ‘Republic’.
“Two Christian Meloni and Salvini They don’t go to Cutro to pray in front of the coffins (from deceased immigrants), but without wanting to see them they go to Cutro and sing karaoke at night. Salvini’s birthdayActress, blogger and writer Selvaggia Lucarelli commented and criticized Meloni’s decision to hold a Management meeting near the site of the tragedy last week. before going to the place where the coffins of the victim were placed. “Inhuman, cynicism, improvisation and cruelty: this government has explained it with few gestures. What a pity …”, confirmed Simona Malpezzi of the Democratic Party (PD).