The government has paid out the first
sum of compensation to relatives of the victims of atrocities
committed in Italy by Nazi and Fascist forces during World War
II on the basis of a 2022 law passed by the government of
ex-premier Mario Draghi, a MP for the opposition, centre-left
Democratic Party (PD) said on Wednesday.
PD Senator Dario Parrini, the vice president of the Upper
House's Constitutional Affairs Committee, said that, "after a
long wait featuring setbacks and hurdles of every type", the
economy ministry paid 800,000 euros to the decedents of Metello
Ricciarini, one of 244 people murdered in a Nazi massacre in the
Tuscan town of Civitella in Val di Chiana on June 29, 1944.
He said this payment was established by a ruling by the supreme
court dating back to 2008.
"This good news does not let us lower our guard on the
commitment to ensuring that the rights of the victims' heirs are
fully satisfied," said Parrini.
"Many problems remain. There are rulings similar to the
Ricciarini one, as well as more recent ones, which the economy
ministry has not yet honoured.
"The economy ministry is still putting up inexplicable
resistance".
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