Overview
- Senator Graziano Delrio filed a personal bill titled “Dispositions for the Prevention and Combat of Antisemitism,” co-signed by several senators including Simona Malpezzi, Alessandro Alfieri, Alfredo Bazoli, Pier Ferdinando Casini, Filippo Sensi, Walter Verini and Sandra Zampa.
- PD Senate leader Francesco Boccia stated the proposal does not represent the position of the parliamentary group or the party.
- The six-article draft uses the IHRA operational definition of antisemitism, which supporters note has been referenced by the European Parliament in 2017 and by the Italian government in 2020.
- The measure delegates the government to act on antisemitic content on digital platforms, including AGCOM directives, and sets up monitoring of prevention activities in universities and schools.
- Angelo Bonelli and other critics argue the text risks equating radical criticism of Israel with antisemitism, as parallel IHRA-based proposals from Lega, Forza Italia and Italia Viva keep the issue under Senate discussion.