Centre-right Lombardy governor
candidate Attilio Fontana on Tuesday defended himself in a row
over his assertion that Italy's "white race is at risk" due to
migration, saying that the Italian Constitution speaks about
race.
"The Constitution should change too because it's the first
(document) that talks about race," he said.
Article 3 of the Constitution says all citizens are equal
without distinction of gender, race, language, religion,
political opinions and personal and social conditions.
Fontana said "I said from the start that I used an
inopportune expression but the problem (of migration) must be
faced."
Fontana's assertion on Sunday brought condemnation from
Italy's Jews and most political parties but not from his
anti-migrant League whose leader Matteo Salvini repeated his
view that Italy was at risk of being "Islamised".
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