FdI irked by +Europa's alternative presepe

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 26 - Premier Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) party were among those irked by opposition + Europea's 'alternative' Christmas card showing four presepe Nativity scenes featuring two Madonnas, a Jesus of colour, two Josephs, and a single Mary mother of two kids.
    "The provocation of +Europa which alters the composition of the traditional presepe verges on the ridiculous," said FdI MP Lavinia Mennuni.
    "I don't understand this desire to attack one of the most beautiful and profound symbols of our Christian tradition." Carlo Fidanza, FdI-ECR delegation chief at the European Parliament, simply said "pathetic".
    The inclusive stunt even spurred one of +Europa's own MPs, Italo-Albanian Anita Likmeta, to leave the party accusing it of "wanting to commit suicide, and not even assisted".
    The various Nativity scenes posted on X were accompanied by the message: "The beauty of traditions...is that they can change".
    (ANSA).