Meloni cracks down on migrants, illegal parties and mafiosi

Meloni cracks down on migrants, illegal parties and mafiosi RP ONLINE - 2 hrs ago Rome. Giorgia Meloni's new right-wing government is ready. Ready to change things and crack down harder. Since she took office about two weeks ago, new laws have been introduced and more radical approaches have been announced. "The good life is over," she says before her first trip abroad to Brussels. In July 1992, Giorgia Meloni decided to become politically active. At the age of 15 she knocked on the door of a youth organization of the "Movimento Sociale Italiano" (MSI) in Rome, the party founded by fascists after the Second World War. In October 2022, Giorgia Meloni was sworn in as head of government, becoming the first woman in Italian history. We introduce the legal politician. In July 1992, Giorgia Meloni decided to become politically active. At the age of 15 she knocked on the door of a youth organization of the "Movimento Sociale Italiano" (MSI) in Rome, the party founded by fascists after the Second World War. In October 2022, Giorgia Meloni was sworn in as head of government, becoming the first woman in Italian history. We introduce the legal politician. For several days, the German rescue ship "Humanity 1" has been waiting in the Mediterranean for a signal from the authorities that it can finally dock in an Italian port. The crew has 179 migrants, including minors, on board. The Norwegian Ocean Viking with 234 people picked up in the sea off Libya, Malta and Italy also refuse to land. Italy's new Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi remains firm. "We cannot accept migrants who are apprehended at sea by foreign ships that operate systematically without prior consultation with the authorities," he said in an interview with Corriere della Sera published on Wednesday. Italy demands that the so-called flag states, in this case Germany and Norway, take in the migrants. As long as there is no solution, the captains of the ships have no choice. You will cruise in international waters off the coast of Sicily. "We will never back down from our duty to save people at sea, but we believe it's time for European solidarity to finally become concrete," said the non-party Piantedosi, who is running from the right-wing Lega for the post of interior minister had been nominated. Since taking office almost two weeks ago, Giorgia Meloni's government has not only been taking action against NGOs in the Mediterranean. On Monday, Interior Minister Piantedosi presented the first legislative measures that the right-wing coalition believes should ensure more law and order in Italy. The government passed a decree according to which "trespassing on land or buildings for gatherings that endanger public order or public health" can be punished with prison sentences of between three and six years. The norm is aimed at so-called rave parties, such as those that took place in Italy last weekend. In Modena, the police had cleared an abandoned industrial site where around 2,000 people had celebrated and confiscated the music systems. The new law not only provides for drastic penalties for the organizers of these parties, but also allows investigators to tap phone calls and chats. The decree had already been prepared by Piantedose's predecessor, Luciana Lamorgese, with lower penalties, but was never passed. In 2021, two people died at a rave party near Viterbo. The opposition harshly criticized the decree, which must be approved by parliament within 60 days. Giuseppe Conte, leader of the Five Star Movement, described the law as a “creepy police state norm”. The human rights organization Amnesty International referred to the "danger of arbitrary curtailment of the right to peaceful protest" and that the law could also be applied in other contexts. The chairman of the Milan Bar Association, Vinicio Nardo, also described the measure as “very dangerous” for the fundamental right to freedom of assembly. It is said that the coalition party Forza Italia wants to reduce the sentence to four years. Interior Minister Piantedosi defended the approach. "I know what I have to do," he told Corriere della Sera. “Ensuring security is a priority for the coalition. We need to act on multiple fronts at the same time by increasing the police presence in our cities," he added.