Overview

• The Giovani Democratici in Viterbo put up posters reading “Tajani, ci fai schifo” featuring a photo of the foreign minister shaking hands with Benjamin Netanyahu taken last year.
• The signs appeared along the Macchina di Santa Rosa procession route and outside the provincial administration as Antonio Tajani was due to attend the event.
• The youth group called Tajani “complice e silente” on Israel and demanded recognition of Palestine, a halt to arms supplies, and sanctions against Israel.
• Forza Italia figures including Anna Maria Bernini, Maurizio Gasparri and Giorgio Mulè denounced the posters and expressed solidarity with Tajani, pointing to Italy’s Gaza aid initiative.
• Viterbo mayor Chiara Frontini criticized politicizing the city’s tradition, and no apology or formal distancing from the national Democratic Party leadership was reported.