Italy has one of the highest rates of libel suits against the media in Europe, and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni is proving journalist associations right.

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    1 year ago

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    Italy has one of the highest rates of libel suits against the media in Europe, and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni is proving journalist associations right.

    Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is reportedly suing the lead singer of rock band Placebo after he called her a “fascist, racist” at a gig last month.

    Speaking in front of around 5,000 fans on stage at the Sonic Park festival in Turin, Brian Molko called the prime minister a “piece of shit” and described her as “fascist, racist”.

    This is not the first time Meloni, who leads the far-right Brothers of Italy party, has filed a defamation lawsuit.

    Domani alleged Meloni had tried to help an MP from her own party win a government contract to procure face masks during the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Under Italy’s criminal code, anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army, faces punishment of a fine of between €1,000 to €5,000.


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