The censorship of the writer Antonio Scurati on Italian public television (RAI) and the personal invective that the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, subsequently launched against him, show us that, in Italy, the rule of law is suffering a siege. The censorship and invective occurred because Scurati had to read a monologue on television to mark the anniversary of Italy’s liberation from Nazism and fascism – which took place on April 25, 1945 – in which he asked why the first Minister, despite having condemned fascism on many occasions, is incapable of speaking about anti-fascism. That a Government prohibits the right to express oneself of a writer, of any citizen, is an attack on freedom of opinion, which is a pillar of the rule of law, protected by the Treaties of the European Union and enshrined in the constitutions of our countries. and it is a fundamental right of every human being.
For this reason, the censorship exercised against Scurati is not only an Italian case, but also a European wound.
It is a European wound because, when a single EU citizen, in any country, cannot express his or her opinion, the problem belongs to everyone.
It is a European wound because, when public television in an EU country, instead of welcoming all types of opinions, prefers to choose only a specific one, the problem belongs to everyone.
It is a European wound because, when the executive branch publicly singles out a person and describes them as an adversary, beyond the legitimate criticism of their ideas, the problem belongs to all EU citizens.
Scurati’s censorship is not a political dispute between two parties, nor should it be confused with the electoral contests underway, because it has to do with the exercise of freedom of expression. And the fact that that freedom is trampled on makes all European citizens more vulnerable.
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Unfortunately, Italy is not the only or the first EU country in which the executive branch exceeds its legitimate prerogatives and gives in to the temptation to limit and attack freedom of information to silence unwanted voices and opinions. And that is why the duty of independent media is to bring these behaviors to light, to prevent them.
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