Meloni condemns racism among ruling party's youth league revealed in exposé

Left-wing news outlet Fanpage claimed it had video evidence of some National Youth members using racist slurs and making a Nazi salute.

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00:00Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Maloney, has condemned racist and anti-Semitic remarks

00:07made by members of the ruling party's youth league.

00:11Speaking to reporters in Brussels, Maloney said anti-Semitism and racism are incompatible

00:16with the Brothers of Italy.

00:18Those comments come after two members of the National Youth resigned over anti-Semitic

00:23slurs and threats made against a Jewish senator.

00:27The left-wing news outlet Fanpage claimed in its exposé it had video evidence of National

00:33Youth members using racist slurs and making Nazi salutes.

00:38There's been outrage from members of the Jewish community of Rome, with some calling on Maloney

00:43to punish the youngsters involved.

00:47Brothers of Italy has its roots in the Italian social movement, a party formed in 1946 by

00:53supporters of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.