After Northern League leader
Matteo Salvini called on the mayors of all coastal towns to ban
the burkini, a full-length Islamic swimming garment, the party
has announced a motion to be filed with the Lombardy regional
council to do so at all the beaches and pools in the region.
The ban would be similar to one brought in late last year
in the region, Italy's wealthiest, on burqas and niqabs in
hospitals and government buildings.
The document will be presented in September and will ask
municipalities, lake authorities and managers of waterparks to
share access rules and provide for preferential treatment in
regional tourism competitions for those that introduce a ban on
the "burkini" in their regulations for access to pools, beaches
and swimming resorts.
"While waiting for a more sensible, courageous government
to arrive in Rome," the deputy head of the party Fabio Rolfi
said, "we need to act at the regional level in unison. There is
the need to fight this dangerous political ideology that, with
the excuse of religion, theorizes women's enslavement. These
ideas cannot be tolerated or accepted" in Italy.
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