The city of Romeo and Juliet was more cross than star-crossed
City councillors approved a motion, put forward by a League member, which includes public funding for Catholic and anti-abortion associations, and the launch of a regional project to encourage pregnant women to give unplanned babies up for adoption.
“We’re here because we feel we are in danger and that our right of self-determination as women and individuals is under threat,” said Francesca Delise, 29, who came to Verona from the northern city of Bolzano. Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister and interior minister, addressed the congress Saturday, and tried to reassure his more moderate supporters by saying that legalized abortion and divorce are not up for reform by Rome’s government.
Facing political pressure, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte publicly distanced himself from the conference, with his office saying organizers had used the prime minister's emblem without his approval. that in recent years, the WFC has tapped Russian funds to organize campaigns against abortion and gay marriage around the world.that the government of Vladimir Putin is secretly funding Salvini’s League through a state-owned oil company ahead of May’s European election.“I really don’t understand all the controversy that surrounded this summit in Verona ... That was a real witch hunt” —Komov dismissed the reports on Russia’s funding as “fake news” in an interview with POLITICO on Sunday.
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