New York Times: How Europe became harsh in migration – “My hand was hanging in the air because they don’t give it to fascists”

When Nicola Procaccini was elected to the European Parliament six years ago, his colleagues appeared to avoid entering the elevator in the tall glass building of Parliament in Brussels, he said. It belonged to a tiny, marginal party to the right of the Italian political scene, whose harsh positions for migration were despised. “My hand was hanging in the air because they didn’t give the fascists’ hand,” Procaccini said in an interview, commenting on how he thought his opponents were looking at him. In the meantime, activists for immigrants were invited to the parliament hall and cheered. Now things have changed, he said, according to an article by the New York Times. “Those who told us that our approach was racist, xenophobic, are slowly starting to say,” Well, maybe they are a little bit right, “Procaccini said, noting that mainstream politicians are now embracing more of his party’s policies. Procaccini’s party, ‘her brothers […]
Source: News Beast

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