Meloni accused of election shift to right after ’shameful’ cap on foreign children in classrooms
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni faces criticism for a new decree that caps the number of foreign students in classrooms and bans face-covering garments like the burqa in schools. Critics argue these measures are a populist attempt to appeal to far-right voters ahead of upcoming elections.
Why it matters
The policy highlights the ongoing tension in European politics regarding immigration, integration, and the use of cultural identity as a political tool.
Giorgia Meloni speaking on Italian TV on Tuesday. She has claimed the new measures ‘do not divide but genuinely help to integrate’. Photograph: Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse/AP Giorgia Meloni speaking on Italian TV on Tuesday. She has claimed the new measures ‘do not divide but genuinely help to integrate’. Photograph: Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse/AP Italy Meloni accused of election shift to right after ’shameful’ cap on foreign children in classrooms Critics say decree also banning burqa in schools shows Italian PM running scared ahead of next year’s vote
Prefer the Guardian on Google Rights campaigners have accused the Italian government of ramping up divisive rhetoric in an attempt to court far-right voters ahead of next year’s general election after it passed a decree aimed at capping the number of newly arrived migrants in classrooms and banning the burqa and niqab in schools.
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