Free and Equal (LeU) leader
Pietro Grasso on Monday called for Italy's Fascist groups to be
dissolved.
Grasso, the former Senate Speaker, said he backed an appeal
from former Lower House Speaker Laura Boldrini, an LeU bigwig.
"We condemn all violence, from the standpoint of Fascism and
racism," said Grasso, a former national anti-Mafia prosecutor.
"So I share the position of Speaker Boldrini, condemning all
those demonstrations that cane be viewed as a reconstitution of
the Fascist party. And I share the appeal to dissolve any
formations or associations of this type".
Italy has seen an upsurge in far-right and racist groups.
A neo-Nazi shot and wounded six African migrants in Macerata
February 3 in retaliation for the murder and dismemberment,
allegedly by Nigerian drug pushers, of an 18-year-old female
Roman drug addict.
Another LeU bigwig Roberto Speranza, tweeted: "Italy is an
anti-Fascist republic and all neo-Fascist organisations must be
dissolved. @lauraboldrini is right #FreeandEqual".
Another leading figure in the LeU, former Democratic Party
(PD) leader Pier Luigi Bersani, said "the Fascists must not take
part in the election".
He said "if that's not clear we must clear it up with a law".
The far-right CasaPound group and the extremist Forza Nuova
(FN) group are normally described as neo-Fascist.
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