ROME: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday condemned the ban on French far-right leader Marine Le Pen running for office, saying it disenfranchised millions of people.
“I don’t know the merits of the accusations against Marine Le Pen, or the reasons for such a strong decision,” Meloni, leader of the post-fascist Brothers of Italy party, told the Il Messaggero daily.
“But, I think that no one who cares about democracy can rejoice at a sentence that targets the leader of a major party and deprives millions of citizens of representation.”