EU legislators have probed the rule of law in Italy of Meloni – Politico

“Some of us are aware that the rule of law in Italy has deteriorated under the current government,” said Greens legislator Daniel Freund in Politico.

Freund stressed “a difference between the general political perception of the Meloni government here in Brussels and Germany and the concrete things that happen on the ground.” With this, he referred to acceptance for Meloni by the European center-right party in Brussels (and Christian Democrats closely associated in Germany).

In October of last year, Meloni’s right -wing feast strengthened its national substitution maternity ban to include arrangements taken abroad, imposing sanctions that can go up to 1 million euros and two years in prison for violations. The Italian government was also previously opposed to a regulation of the European Commission aimed at recognizing the same -sex parents through the borders of the EU.

The Meloni administration also proposed reforms of the legal system which have made alarms concerning the surpassing of executives and threats against judicial independence. The allegations of interference and media censorship added concerns about democratic decline.

Nicola Procaccini, the arm of Meloni’s hand in the right-wing European conservatives and reformists who come together in Parliament, opposed the audience, according to an internal email. He said some speakers were asymmetrical and all criticized the Italian government openly.

“This is not a first step, but only one meeting as part of the supervisory group’s work program,” Procacini told Politico, minimizing the importance of the hearing. “Similar meetings have already taken place concerning the rule of law in Slovakia, Malta, Romania and Hungary-with new scheduled meetings, notably in Bulgaria and Spain,” he said.