«I am spending these days preparing for the work that awaits me in the European Parliament. I can not wait to start”. Speaking is Ilaria Salis, the Italian activist detained in Budapest – first in prison, now under house arrest – and elected MEP with the Green-Left Alliance and almost 180 thousand preferences. In an interview with Pressthe Milanese teacher – under investigation for the attack on a group of neo-fascist militants – explains: «Now I am very projected towards the future and impatient to finally be freed to start a new phase of my life».
The priorities to fight for
In the interview with the Turin newspaper, Ilaria Salis also reveals what battles she will undertake to carry out in Brussels and Strasbourg. «I want to put the protection of fundamental human rights at the center of my action. I want to dedicate myself to supporting men, women and children who are victims of injustice, exploitation, violence, war, poverty and discrimination”, explains the Avs MEP. What will guide her activity in the European institutions, she explains, will above all be her anti-fascism, which «is certainly the strongest and most relevant political value that emerges from this affair, at least for me. Being anti-fascist means fighting against all oppression and taking on the historical responsibility of the fight for freedom with equal rights.”
Election night
In the interview with Press, Ilaria Salis also looks back on the night of the European elections, when she discovered she had been elected: «I was very moved and excited. The most important aspect that this story has demonstrated is that we now know that solidarity is a collective and courageous force that can truly change the world.”
