Opening photo: ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP
Ilaria Salis, the activist detained in Hungary and launched as a candidate in the European Parliament elections by the Italian extreme left, led a partisan fight against Nazi fascism on Thursday, on the occasion of the Italian national holiday commemorating the end of the Second World War. The lines of Ilaria Salis were read by her father at the march of the National Association of Italian Partisans (Anpi) in Rome. The participants of the commemorative march repeatedly chanted “Let Ilaria be free!”.
Ilaria Salis also delivered the letter she wrote in her cell in Hungary to the Italian press.
“In my country, remembering the end of the Second World War, we (also remember) the expulsion of the Nazi fascists, which is due to the brave fight of partisan men and women. From my gray cell, I wish with all my heart that my country is worthy of its own history. Today, as you have done in the past, confront the injustices of the world by standing on the right side of history. Happy April 25!”
can be read in Salis’ letter. April 25 is considered a red letter holiday in Italy, it is the anniversary of the liberation of the country from fascism during the Second World War.
The case of the Italian antifa woman has been circulating for a long time
Ilaria Salis was detained by the Hungarian authorities last February. The trial of the 40-year-old anti-fa activist accused of attacking passers-by in Budapest, among others, began this year. On April 18, the alliance of the Green Party and the Italian Left (AVS) announced that it would run the woman as the leader of the list in the European Parliament elections in one of the Italian territorial voting districts of the political force.
Regarding the nomination, Roberto Salis said on Thursday that they are still discussing the modalities of the nomination, as “Ilaria’s position is different compared to all other European candidates”.
The daily newspaper Corriere della Sera quoted the statements of Fidesz EP representative Enikő Győri, former ambassador to Rome, according to which
Ilaria Salis would not be the first member of the European Parliament whom “charged with a crime”.
Enikő Győri believed that the Italian left is using the court case as a tool for its own political purposes, primarily to attack Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. “In our country, politics and justice are separated from each other, and I see that the Italian government also represents this position” he declared.
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