“Fascism ended in 1945. Something from the past that does not and does not concern us. (Dictator, Benito) Mussolini did more damage What good things.” Pronounced that way Antonio TajaniFormer President of the European Parliament and today minister of foreign affairs Italian Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister at a press conference at the Foreign Press Association in Italy this Tuesday.
Asked about a final offer for law to eliminate the presence of foreign words In official documents, Tajani added that the advocacy of the transalpine language “had nothing to do with Mussolini.” “I have always defended the Italian language: it is the mother tongue, Dante Alighieri He is the poet of the Italians,” he added.
The politician’s statements from the controversial Silvio Berlusconi’s party, Forza Italia, sparked interest in Italy years ago when Tajani said that Mussolini “does good things too” when he was the head of the Italian Parliament.
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Said and done, it wasn’t long before the controversy erupted at the time, and Tajani corrected it himself. “Shame on those who did twist my words about fascism. I am anti-fascist “I’ve always been convinced in 2019,” he said.
However, Tajani’s next sentence also occurs in a very specific context. Just a few months ago, Italy remembered the 100th anniversary of the attack on Rome. brought Mussolini to power in 1922. An anniversary remembered by Italy’s newly elected election right-wing government Since the Second World War, it has been integrated by the far-right party – in addition to Forza Italia. Matteo Salvini’s League And brothers from Italyparty of current prime minister Giorgia Meloni.
This is where the reaction of the most conservative press comes from. “So Tajani silenced the debate”, for example, the Italian newspaper Il Giornale wrote in an article in which Tajani emphasized that he was “forced” to explain what was “obvious”.