FdI activist said wd like to see Schlein 'impaled' - Fanpage

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 19 - A supporter of Premier Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) party allegedly wished the leader of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) Elly Schlein dead at a party event, according to a podcast produced by online investigative news outlet Fanpage excerpts of which were published on Wednesday.
    The fourth episode of the podcast called 'Meloni's youth' was reported by journalists Scarano and Selena Frasson and the alleged incident dates back to June 2024.
    The pair work for the investigative unit of Fanpage.it, Backstair.
    Fanpage had previously published fly-on-the-wall videos in which young activists were heard voicing allegedly neo-Fascist, neo-Nazi and antisemitic views.
    The death wish was reportedly backed by the then-leader of the Rome chapter of National Youth, FdI's youth group.
    According to the report published by Fanpage.it, an FdI supporter "who belongs to the Jewish community approached National Youth activists at an event to discuss the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and quickly started talking about Italian politics, until Elly Schlein's name was mentioned".
    The FdI supporter, a woman, is then quoted as saying that, "as a Jew, I look at the attitude parties have towards Israel - Hamas' terrorists are my enemy at the moment and the Left is defending them".
    The online paper then quoted an FdI member who was at the time in charge of the Pinciano chapter in Rome of the party, Flaminia Pace, as mentioning Schlein and agreeing when the FdI supporter said: "if I could see her impaled, I would do it very willingly".
    Last June 21, Pace resigned from the European affairs commission of the youth group's national committee.
    Fanpage has said that the scene described in the podcast has been "documented and analyzed" and that it is not "an isolated case".
    The podcast is available to Fanpage.it subscribers and the previous episode dates back to June 2024. (ANSA).