Meloni: “Anti-fascist license for more free books? It’s censorship”

“The cancellation of non-left-wing ideas, disguised as an anti-fascist struggle, is an old vice of the left, but it is a story that no one believes anymore – he concludes – It is called, banally, censorship. And censorship is incompatible with any democratic society”.

Tajani: “Always give freedom of expression and thought”

“I always believe that we should be given freedom of expression and thought. It’s not like anyone goes and says you don’t think like me, you’re a fascist. I’m not a fascist, I’m anti-fascist, but you can’t say if someone thinks differently they’re a fascist. That’s wrong. I believe that everyone should be given the opportunity to speak, to express themselves.” Thus on the sidelines of the Forum in Masseria the vice prime minister Antonio Tajani.

Sangiuliano: “The request ‘More books, more free’ is a pearl of intolerance”

“The request of the organizers of the ‘More books, more free’ fair is a pearl of intolerance, I would add a behavior worthy of Beria’s heirs. Giorgia Meloni was right to stigmatize him. I remember that the European Parliament approved by majority, in September 2019, the full equality between communism and Nazism”. This was stated by Gennaro Sangiuliano, former Minister of Culture and head of the opposition in the Campania Region.

“I remember the role of the Italian communist leader Palmiro Togliatti, he was one of Stalin’s closest collaborators in the Comintern, with direct responsibilities in the liquidation of the leadership of the Polish Communist Party and of the anarchists in Spain. Then also ask for the declaration of anti-communism – he concludes – The truth is that culture should be far from this waste of the twentieth century”.