Meloni Condemns Fascist Nostalgia Amid Scandal in Her Party’s Youth Wing

Fascists doing fascist things. More news at ten.

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Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, urged leaders of her political party on Tuesday to reject antisemitism, racism and nostalgia for totalitarian regimes after an Italian news outlet caught on a hidden camera members of the youth section of her party glorifying fascism.

“I am angry and saddened by how we were represented by the behavior of some youth of our movement,” Ms. Meloni wrote in an email, seen by The New York Times, to directors of her party, Brothers of Italy.

People identified by the report as members of the youth group were filmed while shouting, “Sieg heil,” an expression adopted by the Nazis.

Luca Ciriani, a lawmaker with Brothers of Italy, said the report had been built on the basis of fragmented, out-of-context images.

She also reminded party leaders that Brothers of Italy adhered to the European Parliament’s 2019 resolution that condemned all dictatorships of the 20th century.

Ms. Segnini left her job working with a lawmaker from the party, and Ms. Pace resigned from her role at the Italian Youth Council, a group that represents young people.

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