After an undercover reporter infiltrated the youth movement of the post-fascist ruling Fratelli d’Italia party, she reported shouts of “Sieg Heil” and “Duce” at party meetings. Prime Minister Georgi Meloni has now commented on the case. She defended the youth movement and described the undercover reporting as “infiltration”.
The National Youth (Gioventù Nazionale) has been caught in the crossfire of criticism following an undercover investigation by news portal Fanpage. Secretly filmed footage shows members shouting “Sieg Heil” and “Duce” and extending their arms in a fascist salute during party meetings.
In this article you will see excerpts from the report:
Meloni: Racism “incompatible” with party
A journalist had infiltrated the youth movement. The first part of the report, published a week ago, had already caused a stir. Meloni criticized the use of undercover reporting as “infiltration”. She claimed that racism and anti-Semitism were not accepted in her party. “Those who have racist, anti-Semitic or nostalgic feelings do not belong in our party, because these feelings are incompatible with the Fratelli d’Italia”, the prime minister said.
The prime minister called Mussolini a ‘good politician’ in his youth
In her youth, Meloni was a member of the youth movement of the MSI party, founded by supporters of the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. At 19, she even became the head of the “Azione Studentesca”, whose emblem is the Celtic cross used by right-wing extremists throughout Europe. She said at the time that Mussolini was a “good politician”. Later, she tried to distance herself from the fascist past of her party.
Jewish community: “Shameful images”
Rome’s Jewish community called on Meloni to punish members of her youth organization who made anti-Semitic and pro-fascist statements. “The Jewish community in Rome condemns the shameful images of racism and anti-Semitism that emerged from the fan page report,” wrote its president, Victor Fadlun, on X. He demanded that the government take decisive action “against hatred and discrimination.”
Source: Krone
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