Family Minister Lorenzo Fontana
said Wednesday that the government still intends to sponsor the
controversial World Conference of Families, which is set to take
place in Verona March 29-31.
"As a minister of this government, it was (my decision) to
grant the event sponsorship," Fontana, a member of Deputy
Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's League party,
told a question-time session in parliament.
"I still intend to confirm that position, as I intend to
confirm my decision to participate".
Critics have said the conference promotes an anti-gay,
anti-abortion and anti-feminism agenda.
Fellow Deputy Premier and Labour and Industry Minister Luigi
Di Maio, the leader of the League's coalition partner, the
5-Star Movement (M5S), blasted the conference as something from
the Middle Ages and said M5S members will not be going.
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