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Belgian union admits to turning its back on La Russa in Marcinelle.

Belgian trade union FGTB admits to turning its back on La Russa in Marcinelle, contradicting accusations from the FdI against the Italian CGIL.

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Belgian union admits to turning its back on La Russa in Marcinelle.
Belgian union admits to turning its back on La Russa in Marcinelle. Photo: reproduction / Sky TG24.

According to Sky TG24, the Belgian union FGTB admitted to being responsible for turning its back on the Italian Senate President Ignazio La Russa during the Marcinelle ceremony, contradicting accusations from the Fratelli d'Italia party, which had pointed to the Italian CGIL as the author of the gesture. Vincent Pestieau, regional secretary of the FGTB in Charleroi, declared: "We are against the presence of fascist parties." He stated that the protest was not directed at President Sergio Mattarella, but at La Russa, for speaking on behalf of the government.

The controversy erupted at the annual ceremony commemorating the 136 Italian miners who died in the Marcinelle tragedy in Belgium in 1956.

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