The general will be a candidate for the European elections in each constituency and as a leader in Central Italy. Amidst the discontent in the centre-right, party sources specify: “he is an independent candidate who will be able to make his own contribution and collect opinion votes outside the traditional pool of the League”. In an interview with La Stampa he says: “I claim consideration for Mussolini, that he is a statesman as Cavour and Stalin were also”
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The secretary of the League Matteo Salvini is counting on Roberto Vannacci in the European elections to help his party win the “derby” with Forza Italia and avoid overtaking. With the general’s candidacy the aim is to intercept around 800 thousand more votes, even if the choice has sparked several doubts in the Northern League and throughout the centre-right. Party sources specify that Vannacci “is an independent candidate who will be able to make his own contribution and collect opinion votes outside the traditional League pool”. Meanwhile, the general gave an interview to The print in which he says: “I don’t see why it is necessary to have an anti-fascist license to express one’s opinions. I also claim consideration for Mussolini, who is a statesman as were Cavour, Stalin and all the men who occupied state positions : it is the first definition of ‘statesman’ in the dictionary” (THE SPECIAL ON THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS). But it is above all the proposal for separate classes for disabled people that has caused discussion, but according to the general “clearly the title completely distorts my words with which I strongly assert that disabled people need special attention and additional help and not that they should be separated The election campaign has begun!”. And from the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti comes a sharp reply: Vannacci “is not from the League”, he says in Varese where he went to support the candidacy of Isabella Tovaglieri. “She – he points out – is a candidate daughter of this land, she feels what people think, she serves the territory”. No Vannacci, they tell him. “Correct sentence and already contains the answer.” And on the general’s recent statements he replies dryly: “I don’t agree.”
Vannacci: “Separate classes for disabled people”
In one of the passages of the interview with The print by Roberto Vannacci, candidate with the League for the European elections a few days ago, the general said: “I believe that classes with ‘separate characteristics’ would help children with great potential to express themselves to the maximum, and even those with more difficulties would be helped in a way peculiar”, “It’s not discriminatory. I trust students with disabilities. You can’t do it have a lesson together, out of a spirit of belonging, but then needs specific help”. He then explained to Agi and specified that “the ‘diversity’ of disabled people must be valorised in the best way, allowing them to express themselves and fully realize themselves by following their talents. They invented the Paralympics for disabled people, they didn’t put them to race with he is not disabled.”
The response of the Principals’ Association: “The disabled person in the classroom is a resource”
The response from the president of the National Association of Principals (ANP), Antonello Giannelli, was ready: “The disabled person in the classroom is a resource because others can also understand how varied humanity is. From a pedagogical point of view it serves to show that values of coexistence and solidarity can be implemented. It promotes growth and development from an ethical and content point of view”. Then he adds: “Separation based on a physical condition is discriminatory. The Constitution, the laws, the circulars say so. Inclusion is implemented at the highest possible levels in schools.”
The government responds, from Roccella to Valditara
“As regards mixed classes, we have the same position on disabled people as on Pioltello, that is, to promote integration it is good that there is a mix and that people are used to being with those who have differences”, he said instead the Minister for the Family, Eugenia Roccella, on the sidelines of the FdI programmatic conference underway in Pescara. She distances herself from Vannacci’s candidacy for the European elections – she says that “he is from the League first of all” – but specifies that “everyone is free to run, it is essential that there are different components in each side”. The Minister of Education Giuseppe Valditara instead claims the “concrete policies in favor of the inclusion of students with disabilities” implemented by the League, from the over “13 thousand support teachers hired in September” to the allocation of “an important part of the Pnrr resources for construction intended for the redevelopment of schools for the removal of architectural barriers”.
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Vannacci’s words
Beyond the disabled issue, there are many topics addressed by General Vannacci in the interview with The print: claims that abortion is “an unfortunate necessity that women are forced to resort to. I don’t believe it is a right.” On how to improve the relationship with Northern Italian Northern League supporters he states: “There is no need to extend olive branches, because I have never raised any problems. If someone has expressed themselves negatively towards me, I understand, it is part of a phase, but when it comes to working together I hope we close the cupboards of the past and look to the future”. Vannacci was also interviewed by Corriere della Sera: “Minister Crosetto was ironic, sarcastic, even a little cryptic – he said, commenting on the words of the Minister of Defense who defined his candidacy as a “win-win” – Everyone is free to think what they want, I hope to don’t disappoint him, certainly if I were to be elected in Brussels I would fight in every way to pursue peace in the shortest time possible”. And he is convinced about the discontent in the League: “Those who have stomachaches will get over it. I’m an independent, I don’t have a party card but I have my ideals which largely coincide with those of the League”.
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The reactions in the center-right to Vannacci’s candidacy
In the centre-right there were few messages welcoming the general, who will be a candidate in every constituency, and as the leader in his home district, Central Italy. Some, however, were explicitly doubtful. The governor Massimiliano Fedriga, for example, has already announced that he will not vote for the 56-year-old Tuscan: “I am very happy with the three candidates from Friuli Venezia Giulia and only three preferences are possible”. The topic also takes center stage at the FdI event in Pescara, amidst curiosity and fears that this move could drain preferences. Among the allies, as mentioned, Crosetto’s sarcastic comment arrived: “A win-win choice, as they say. For him, for the League and for the army”. If he is elected, he will have to leave or go on leave. “Crosetto also has a large following in the Armed Forces and in Leonardo – the response to the venom of the Northern League deputy secretary Andrea Crippa -. Since he has such a large following, he should run and compete in a difficult and expensive electoral campaign”. Gian Marco Centinaio will not vote for him. “We hope to also nominate someone from the League…”, jokes Paolo Grimoldi, coordinator of the Northern Committee created by Umberto Bossi, in the same direction. “The person with disabilities has the right to attend school, he has the right to grow together with others in a mechanism where inclusion is a principle and an objective. This is what the world of disability has taught us, this is what is foreseen in the UN Convention. The League for the first time envisaged, when it was in government, a Ministry dedicated to Disability and I had the honor of holding the office and we have always fought for educational inclusion and for a new vision of the world of disability”, wrote the League senator and former minister for Disabilities Erika Stefani on social media.
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Salvini’s bet
When the big leaguers put their doubts on the table in recent weeks, they heard Salvini say that the general has a potential of 800 thousand votes. The equivalent of around 3% if the 24 million of the 2022 politicians voted. Even more if the turnout is low, especially considering that Vannacci, with the book published a year ago, has attracted consensus in a conservative, right-wing world , in the armed forces and anti-vax circles, even among many who have distanced themselves from FdI and Lega in recent years. In recent months he has been defended by former AN colonels such as Francesco Storace and Gianni Alemanno. According to some estimates, his first book, The world in reversehas sold over 230 thousand copies.
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