The Italian neo-fascist party Forza Nuova is among the groups that have come out in support of the World Congress of Families (WCF) – the premier international gathering of anti-abortion, anti-feminist and anti-LGBTIQ movements which is meeting in Verona at the end of this week (29-31 March).
The event will be attended by three ministers from the far-right Lega party: Matteo Salvini, the current government’s Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister; the Minister for Family and Disability Lorenzo Fontana (previously the deputy mayor of Verona) and the Minister of Education Marco Bussetti.
Meanwhile, Forza Nuova has announced a series of parallel events in the Veneto region, which it has called “Italy’s spiritual reserve”, while Verona is their "Vendée of Europe" – referring to the French region that in 1793 saw a conservative uprising against the Jacobin revolutionary government.
