Matteotti Heir Calls for PM Statement on Vandalism

Elena Matteotti, granddaughter of Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti, expressed disappointment over Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s silence following damage to her grandfather’s memorial plaque. “I primarily expected a gesture from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni,” Matteotti stated to ANSA. “I had already asked her to make a statement a year ago when the centenary began. It would be a dutiful act, the one we all expect.” Her comments came in response to the recent vandalism targeting Giacomo Matteotti’s commemorative stone.