Caretaker Democratic Party (PD)
leader Maurizio Martina on Monday described Interior Minister
Matteo Salvini's proposal to conduct a census of ethnic Roma
people in Italy as "abhorrent".
"It is the latest act in an escalation of dangerous,
unacceptable messages," Martina told ANSA.
"I think he should stop because it is not possible for a
great European country like Italy to go through provocations
every day that do not resolve any problems but feed a spiral of
propaganda that is very dangerous".
Ex-premier and PD bigwig Paolo Gentiloni also expressed
concern about Salvini, who has spearheaded the League-5-Star
Movement government's tough stance on migrants.
"Yesterday the refugees, today the Roma, tomorrow guns for
all," Gentiloni said via Twitter.
Matteo Orfini, the president of the centre-left party,
proposed that: "if we really want to have a census, I'd start
with racists and fascists".
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