Overview

• Video shows Francesca Albanese contrasting Milanese who “wake early” with Neapolitans, triggering accusations of stereotyping.
• Forza Italia councillors in Naples formally asked the mayor and council president to start the procedure to revoke the honor previously granted to Albanese.
• Albanese, a UN special rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, rejected the outcry, calling the clip manipulated and stressing her southern roots.
• Right‑wing figures, including senators from Fratelli d’Italia, condemned the remark as an intolerable cliché and pressed for broader political denunciations.
• No revocation decision has been reported, and a Naples lawyer has threatened a class action accusing Albanese of discrimination against Neapolitans.