Surreal scene in Otto e mezzo, program directed by Lilli Gruber at La7. Among the guests on Tuesday’s episode, September 27, is Giovanni Di Lorenzo, an Italian-born German journalist, director of Die Zeit. The German newspaper in an online article published after Giorgia Meloni’s victory in the political elections spoke of “fascism of respectable Italians” and Di Lorenzo is called to confirm the very heavy judgment on the center-right’s claim and on the democratic danger in Italy. .
“You talked about Italian fascism forever, what does that mean?” asks the host. In fact, Di Lorenzo explains that the online edition of the newspaper made a mistake in the owner of the article because the author “wrote the exact opposite”, says the director, freezing the presenter. “Italians are not crazy nor have they become a people of fascists”, explains the journalist who admits that in Italy there are pockets of public opinion nostalgic for fascism, but obviously residual.
Di Lorenzo explains that the reaction in Germany has been very cautious with the Italian vote. Institutional leaders, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, “did not express themselves critically, but they respect the vote of Italian citizens and show great curiosity for what will come” of the center-right government that came out of the polls.
Source: IL Tempo
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