Georgia Meloni rules out removing the “torch” from her party’s logo

Rome – (AFP) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ruled out, on Friday, removing the flame from her party’s emblem, despite calls issued even within the party’s ranks to abandon what are described as “fascist symbols.” Meloni said in an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper: “Removing the torch was never an issue on the agenda.” Her statements came after Luca Chiriani, a member of her ultra-conservative Fratelli d’Italia party who holds the position of Minister of Relations with Parliament, said: “The moment will come when the flame will be extinguished.” He told El Folio newspaper in November: “The torch is symbolic, and like many other symbolic things, the day will come when we will take action, even if we don’t.”