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Ilaria Salis will be a candidate for the European elections with the Avs list. The officialization of the name of the Italian teacher detained for 13 months in Hungary comes after rumors had been circulating about it for days. “Avs – we read in a note from the alliance – in agreement with Roberto Salis has decided to nominate his daughter Ilaria, detained in Hungary, in conditions that seriously violate people’s rights, on its lists”. A choice – it is pointed out – which aims to “protect the rights and dignity of a European citizen”. The declared objective is also to generate around her name “a great and generous battle so that the European Union defends the principles of the Rule of Law”.

It remains to be understood – now – how the race for the European elections will affect the entire dossier. Moreover, the lawyer of the activist in prison on charges of attacking three far-right militants speaks of “uncertain consequences” in this regard. “In Hungary – underlines Gyorgy Magyar, the teacher’s Hungarian lawyer – parliamentary immunity starts from the moment of candidacy, but I don’t know how the matter is regulated in Italy”. In the event of an election, for which it is necessary to overcome the 4% barrier, the issue would probably end up on the table of the presidency of the next European Parliament.

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“The candidacy does not change the government’s work”, underlines Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni when asked about the case on the sidelines of the European Council. However, Meloni also recalled how “I have already said in the past that the politicization of the matter does not help”. Matteo Salvini doesn’t think so and already controversially foresees “a discussion on the future of Italy and Europe between her and General Vannacci”. Dem secretary Elly Schlein had also tried to sound out her party regarding the possible candidacy of the teacher in prison in Hungary. But, in addition to the stop by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani who had warned about the opportunity not to exploit the affair, there had been some resistance within the Dems. The candidacy among the Avs names of a woman of her profile, beyond the battle for the respect of his rights brought by the Dems also in the EU, is however seen by some in the party as more appropriate but on the other hand it is also seen as a setback in the more left-wing line carried out by the secretary.

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Furthermore, the Salis case may not be unique in these European elections. In Greece, in fact, the conservative New Democracy party has included in its electoral list for the EU Fredi Beleri, an Albanian mayor of Greek ethnicity sentenced to two years in prison in a case of influence peddling which culminated in a crisis with Albania. Meanwhile, in view of the upcoming deadlines on Sunday for the deposit of the symbols and that of the lists at the end of the month, the presentations of the candidates are multiplying. M5s has started the online consultation for choosing the names to present for the race on 8 and 9 June. “We must indicate – is Giuseppe Conte’s invitation – people who can represent our values, our commitment to peace, to the environment, work, legality, the right to health”. While the leader of the South calls the North, Catino De Luca presented the candidates for the Center constituency: in addition to him and Laura Castelli, among the names – already circulated and confirmed – those of Captain Ultimo and the former mayor of Amatrice Sergio Pirozzi. Nothing to do with De Luca, however, for Vittorio Sgarbi and Roberto Vannacci who, according to the former mayor of Messina will be “excellent victims” and will not be candidates even by FdI and Lega. Salvini’s party, however, says that discussions regarding Vannacci are still ongoing. The Northern League Federal Council has meanwhile unanimously confirmed that the symbol that will be used for the European elections will be the same as the latest elections, with the name of Salvini under the historic Alberto da Giussano.

Ilaria Salis’ father: ‘It’s not an escape from the trial, but it protects her rights’

“Ilaria takes this decision not as an escape route from the trial but in order to face it with full protection of her rights. The political path decided is the most consistent with her political past”: this is how Roberto Salis commented on the decision in a note of his daughter to run for the next European elections with the Alleanza Verdi Sinistra
“Ilaria therefore sincerely thanks the management of Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra and in particular Angelo Bonelli and Nicola Fratoianni for the trust placed in him”, he added.

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