League, bill ready to declare 'Antifa' terrorists and anarchists

The League launches its bill to ban the 'Antifa' movement and the anarchist movement, describing them as a terrorist association. This was announced by the first signatory of the text that will soon be deposited in Parliament, Eugenio Zoffili, leader of the Carroccio group in the Chamber's Defence Committee. "Today in Rome, 91 demonstrators adhering to anarchist movements were stopped by the police who, despite the prohibition of the Questura, wanted to commemorate the two criminals who died while preparing a bomb in the Parco degli acquedotti cottage in Rome. Zero tolerance,' he declared, 'against these accomplices of anarchist terrorists. The new law that I am about to file as the first signatory will define Antifa, which have nothing to do with true antifascism, as terrorist organisations and will ban anarchist associations and extremist antagonist militant groups that jeopardise the security and stability of our country with their violent actions'.

Under the spotlight would therefore end up the anarchist groups and in particular those of Antifa, a political movement of the galaxy of the antagonist left, spread in Italia and the rest of the world, often involved in harsh street protests. The idea of outlawing them started several months ago by Trump, when last September he signed an executive order in which the same American movement was described as 'militarist anarchist, calling for the overthrow of the government', later followed by Orban who announced a similar decision.

While in Rome, dozens of demonstrators ready to commemorate the two anarchist militants who died in the capital have been stopped by the police the League launches the political slogan of 'zero tolerance against the accomplices of terrorists'. But for Avs the proposal of Salvini's party 'is a provocation because it is against the Constitution and the history of the Republic, which was born from the anti-fascist liberation struggle', says MP Angelo Bonelli.

This is not the only political controversy on this front, which is still hot over the police check that took place yesterday in a hotel in Rome against the eEuropean MP Iaria Salis, for a Schengen alert at the instigation of Germany. Salis herself is planning to take parliamentary action on what happened in Brussels and, through her party, in Italia with a question to the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi. It is not excluded that the question could also be addressed to the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani.

Meanwhile, according to some German investigative elements, the reason for the Schengen alert is to be found in the proximity of Italian politics to German antagonist and anti-fascist groups - just like the 'Antifa' - that have also been responsible for attacks on extreme right-wing exponents. In this specific case, it would be the 'Hammerbands' gang, which was involved in some proceedings in Germany and Hungary following aggression and riots in the streets. This would essentially be the same group associated with Salis by Hungarian magistrates, who had indicted her until her conviction in Budapest prison three years ago.