Vita gazette – A demonstration with the Nazi salute to commemorate caused a reaction in Italy and Europe. The five people reported for the Roman salute in Acc Larenta.

7 January 2024, during the commemoration of the anniversary of the Acca Larentia massacre, the far-right militants remember the three boys of the Youth Front killed in 1978 in front of the MSI headquarters with fascist greetings. The cry “PresenteCentinaia di people che si” are activated to commemorate people named Franco Bigonzetti, Francesco Ciavatta and Stefano Recchioni gave the “Nazi salute” by saying “alive” after mentioning the names of the murdered people.

The five people reported about the commemoration of Acca Larentia, during which the Roman salute was given. A first report from Digos came to the attention of the Rome prosecutors, which is continuing to identify the people who made the fascist salute. Far-right militants and some ultras fringe groups were present at the demonstration.

Regarding the action carried out by right-wing extremists in the Tuscolano neighbourhood of Rome, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica said: “We are in the midst of the fascist period of 100 years ago.”

The video of the Roman greetings at the commemoration of Acca Larentia is “shocking”; “we hoped that similar things belonged to the past, and we are apprehensive”. Thus, the group leader of the EU liberals of Renew Europe, Stephane Sejourné, spoke to the press on Tuesday morning in Brussels. “A few years ago, we would never have thought we would see similar images; these images, and the return of the far right in general, are something we cannot tolerate. Tolerance and peace are the basis of European DNA,” explained Sejourné.

“In Europe, there is no place for the fascist salute, and we condemn it in the strongest terms. We fully agree and welcome the clear position of Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani on this issue.” The leader of the EPP, Manfred Weber, says this, commenting on the images of the neo-fascist rally in Acca Larentia.

Salvini: “Fortunately, communism and fascism will not return.”

“Whoever declares themselves fascist or communist in 2024 makes me tender; he has been defeated by history. Fortunately, communism and fascism, which brought war, death, hunger and misery, will not return. I am projected into the future and not into the past; I hope that politics also looks to the future and that this debate ends.” Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said this on RTL 102.5 in Non-Stop News

This event brought the issue of apologia for fascism back into vogue. But what is the crime of apologia for fascism, and when is it contested? In the Italian legal system, the apology of fascism is a crime introduced by law no. 645 of 20 June 1952, better known as the Scelba law, named after the then Minister of the Interior (pictured) and future Prime Minister. The law implements the XII transitional provision of the Constitution, which prohibits the “reorganisation, in any form, of the dissolved fascist party”. What does it mean to want to reconstitute the “dissolved fascist party?” Article 1 of the law explains it clearly: “When an association, a movement or a group of people of no less than five pursues anti-democratic aims specific to the fascist party, glorifying, threatening or using violence as a method of political struggle or advocating the suppression of the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution or denigrating democracy, its institutions and the values ​​of the Resistance or carrying out racist propaganda”. But what penalties do those involved in the reconstitution of the dissolved fascist party face? In article 2, the Scelba law states that “anyone who promotes or organises” associations, movements or groups that pursue “anti-democratic aims of the fascist party” is punished with imprisonment from five to twelve years and a fine. And “anyone who participates in such associations, movements or groups” is punished with imprisonment of two to five years and a fine.