I had an #ItalianThread in mind for today, but my country is facing a horrifying political scandal involving far right parties Fratelli d'Italia and Lega. It didn't make international news, though, and it infuriates me. So I will explain the situation instead.

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The news outlet @fanpage discovered, after years of infiltration, tangible proof of Fratelli d'Italia and Lega receiving money and support from neonazi and fascist groups, Russian diplomats, 'ndrangheta personalities and other shady people 2/?

What is especially troubling is that they give them, in turn, political positions. In particular, Lega, Matteo Salvini's party, is unoficially allied with the proclaimed neonazi group Lealtà e Nazione (...) and they admitted on record to put memebers of the group in political 3/?

positions both at the @EUparliament and in the regions controlled by the right-wing coalition. In the video published by fanpage, it is possible to see and hear damning evidence of members of Lega and Fratelli d'Italia shaking hands with neonazi and fascist personalities and 4/?

even committing various crimes like exchanging political positions for money and *literally stealing food from the poor* to use in their neonazi parties. You can see all the videos, unfortunately only in Italian, on the fanpage website 5/?https://t.co/Ehovr2b6PY

It doesn't come as a surprise to many of us, who always knew that fascism was prevalent inside far right parties Fratelli d'Italia and Lega. But this investigation puts this on the open. An investigation is already on its way looking into the angle of illegale funding, but 6/?

what is lacking is a political response to this scandal. Our nominal center-left party, the Partito Democratico @pdnetwork, is criminally silent. Why is @EnricoLetta refusing to hold these people responsible? We demand answers. We demand a confrontation. 7/?

There can be no space in Italy for people who puts neonazis in position of power in exchange for money! Why is @pdnetwork silent? You are politicians. Do your fucking job. On top of this, it's ridiculous that this news is not going international 8/?

Many international newspapers among which @guardian reported on Mussolini's niece gaining many votes in Rome as if it was an omen about a return to fascism. I can't believe to say this but fascism in Italy, nowadays, has nothing to do with Mussolini's family 9/?

There are fascists and nazis in our institutions and they are there because of Fratelli d'Italia and Lega, Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini are the faces of fascism nowadays in Italy and it's ridiculout that you all are giving clout to some gal with a scary name instead of 10/?

reporting what *is* real and what *is* scary: that two of Italy's major parties are accepting funds and giving out political roles to neonazis and fascists and mafiosi. I urge everyone to please share this thread, spread this news. Put some political pressure on my country 11/?

So that our newspapers and our politicians will be forced to confront the reality that fascism never really died in Italy. Please @TRTWorldNow @ajplus @nytimes @washingtonpost @TheAtlantic look into this I beg you.
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Adding @BBCWorld @cnnbrk @HuffPost @BuzzFeedNews and damn fucking @voguemagazine @TeenVogue c'mon you guys made some awesome pieces against fascists look at this please