Luciano Canfora does not regret having called Giorgia Meloni a “neo-Nazi at heart”. He says he did it because of his support for the Azov Battalion. The first hearing of the defamation trial after the prime minister’s complaint will be held in Bari on 16 April. And he speaks today in an interview with The print. In which he explains that he has no intention of apologizing: «The issue, beyond the debate on the Ukrainian issue, is objective. Meloni descends from the Social Movement, a party that referred to the history of the Social Republic, that is, a satellite state of the Third Reich.” While the prefix “neo” “serves precisely to indicate that a person comes from an original nucleus from which he then evolved”.
In the soul
Canfora also explains that «in the soul» is «a quote from Tocqueville, who admits that his soul is against democracy, referring to a non-predominant part of his inner self. We all have more or less confessable impulses, which we dominate with reason.” And if they called him a “Stalinist at heart” he would be “delighted, because I am, while others think it is an insult. In England until a century ago “democratic” was a dirty word, because it meant “revolutionary”. In short, times evolve.” The philosopher also notes that Meloni, who struggles to define herself as anti-fascist, «has moved in a few years from a pro-Russian to a pro-Ukrainian position. There were also neo-Nazi components within the Ukrainian forces. My definition in a conference also wanted to refer to this aspect.”
Repeat, repeat, repeat
Canfora says he is not sorry about the lawsuit. And that he repeats that phrase «continuously. Let me say that I like his questions, but when they are so in clusters and of a judicial nature they leave me a little perplexed.” He would do it again, «even if in a while I’ll have to do penance I’m afraid». And he adds that «the action of his government, like everyone else’s, is predetermined by NATO and the EU. The fundamental characteristics of the prime minister are therefore Atlanticism, Von der Leyen-line Europeanism and the little that remains, the Cutro decree-style fight against migrants.” So how does he define it? «It’s a big problem of political thought. In her book she describes herself as close to Vox. That seems to be the horizon, then there were some adjustments to the book with Sallusti. If I were a comedian I would say Vociana, in the sense of Prezzolini but also thinking of Vox more than Orbán.”
