Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party does not accept that schools change Christmas celebrations to winter celebrations in order not to offend those who profess other religions.
In Italy, the prime minister by Giorgia Meloni the national conservative party wants to prohibit schools from abandoning Christian Christmas traditions due to multiculturalism.
A representative of the far-right Italian Brothers party Lavinia Mennun it is embarrassing – and not at all acceptable that some schools ban the Christmas nativity scene or turn Christmas into a winter holiday so that those who profess other religions are not offended, the British newspaper The Guardian says.
The party believes the law is necessary to protect Italy’s cultural roots. If the law is passed, the principal of a school that violates it would face disciplinary action.
The opposition parties have defeated the law. In their opinion, it is yet another attempt by Meloni’s party to harness religion for political purposes.
Party secretary of the left-wing +Europe party Riccardo Magi accuses the Italian Brothers party of double standards:
– This is the same right wing led by Meloni, during which the holy family fleeing persecution would probably end up in a detention center in Albania, waiting for an Italian judge to decide whether they have the right to enter Italian territory.
Meloni’s party has announced plans to transfer up to 3,000 asylum seekers to Albania to wait for their applications to be processed.
Italian principals’ and teachers’ associations have rejected the proposal, says the Italian news agency Ansa.
President of the Principals’ Association Antonello Giannelli says that traditions should be kept in mind, but forcing them by law is inappropriate.
Head of the teachers’ union Gianna Fracassi urges the brothers of Italy to read the constitution. Italy is a secular state, and interfering with school autonomy in this way is unacceptable, he says.