UKIP Farage, deputies cold shoulder EU parliament opening

(ANSA) - Strasbourg, July 1- United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage and his MEPs started the 8th European Parliament session with a theatrical protest on Tuesday morning in Strasbourg by turning their backs while the European Union's anthem played.
    Italy's 5-Star Movement did not follow along with its fellow Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy EFDD member when Farage and his group turned around as Beethoven's Ode to Joy played to open the parliament session led by newly re-elected Speaker Martin Schulz.