Letters
Letters to the editor •
In Europe, the AfD is backing Vannacci and opposing the Lega. Does Salvini know this?
Who has written to the editor-in-chief, Claudio Cerasa
8 SEP 26
Translated by AI
To the editor – Luigi Zoja is starting to write for Il Foglio: good news. With his usual topics – society, psychology and culture – there is plenty of material to maintain a high standard of debate, without mincing words or getting carried away.
Andrea Nicoletti
To the Editor – I read that a farmhouse in the highly civilised Val d’Orcia refused to accommodate two Israeli tourists and, above all, I read the comments on social media, in which many applauded the expulsion of the ‘Israeli Nazis’. There were even those who wrote that they and the ‘Ukrainian Nazis’ should be exterminated. Two days ago, at a splendid birthday dinner in the Maremma, I heard a gentleman using similar language, even here amongst very civilised and polite people. On my way home, I reflected that the problem is no longer limited to those who attend street demonstrations – however numerous they may be; nowadays, in every social circle, there are those who find it normal to label entire peoples as deserving of extermination. It is now socially acceptable. The experience left me with a distinct sense of unease.
Stefano Cinelli Colombini
To the editor – According to Giovanni Orsina, “the point is not that Meloni failed to implement reforms despite having been in power for so long, but that she remained in power for so long precisely because she failed to implement reforms”. For the political scientist, in fact, “the country does not like to be disturbed and tends to oust from power those who make too much of a fuss”. It is no coincidence, explains the historian, “that Meloni was defeated in the referendum on the only reform she attempted”. This analysis is difficult to refute.
Luca Rocca
To the editor – I note that Italian leaders are celebrating the AfD’s victory, which is a victory for Vannacci, and is therefore not a victory for the very same Italian politicians who are celebrating today. Am I wrong?
Mario Marini
Salvini is delighted with the AfD’s victory. The AfD wants Europe to give less money to Italy (does Salvini agree?). In Europe, the AfD sides with Vannacci (does Salvini know this?). The AfD was expelled from the group to which the Lega belongs in Europe (Patriots) at the Lega’s proposal in 2024, when the AfD’s lead candidate for the European Parliament, Maximilian Krah, said he did not consider all members of the Waffen-SS to be criminals, doing exactly what the AfD’s main leaders had been doing throughout the election campaign in Saxony-Anhalt: downplaying Nazism. Well done, everyone.