Ilaria Salis with Avs towards the candidacy for the 2024 European Elections

Avs sources confirm a Republic That Ilaria Salis has signed the candidacy for the European elections: it is ready to run on the red-green lists for the June elections, as the leader of the North West. The Italian diplomatic corps took action this morning to authenticate the signature for the acceptance of the candidacy, as reported on the website of Sheet. Although Angelo Bonelli this morning he was still cautious, denying the candidacy on TV a The Air that blows.

In the evening the official confirmation arrived: “Green and Left Alliance in agreement with Roberto Salis has decided to nominate its daughter Ilaria, detained in Hungary, in conditions that seriously violate people’s rights, on its lists in the next European elections”. In these hours the leaders of Avs “are discussing the modalities of this choice which aims to protect the rights and dignity of a European citizen, also from the inertia of the Italian authorities to obtain a rapid release from prison in favor of house arrest denied with the last decision by the Hungarian judges”. The idea, we read in the note released by the party at 7pm, “is that around the candidacy of Ilaria Salis a great and generous battle can be generated so that the European Union defends the principles of the rule of law and reaffirms the inviolability of rights fundamental human rights throughout its territory and in each of its member states. Ours is a gesture that can serve to denounce uncivilized methods of detention, especially towards those who are still awaiting trial.”

“In recent months we have also had contact with the Democratic Party, at the request of its secretary Elly Schlein, whom I personally thank for the sensitivity and solidarity shown throughout this time with me and my family”, declared Roberto Salis in confirming that the daughter signed the application forms in prison, with the signature which was authenticated by the Italian consul. “Ilaria – added the father – takes this decision not as an escape route from the trial but in order to face it with the full protection of her parents rights. The political path decided is the most consistent with his political past. Ilaria therefore sincerely thanks the management of Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra and in particular Angelo Bonelli and Nicola Fratoianni for the trust placed in him”.

The Italian teacher has been in prison for 13 months in Hungary for attacks on two far-right militants. From Brussels, where she is for the EU Council, the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni he commented on the hypothesis of the candidacy by stating that “politicising the matter does not help” but ensuring that in the event that Salis appears on the list “nothing changes” with respect to the government’s work on the issue.

However, the consequences of Ilaria Salis’s possible candidacy in the European elections are “uncertain” with regards to her legal situation, she explains Gyorgy Hungarian to Ansa, the activist’s Hungarian lawyer. “In Hungary, parliamentary immunity starts from the moment of candidacy, but I don’t know how the matter is regulated in Italy. Of course, if she were elected MEP, she would be entitled to immunity, and the Hungarian Court to be able to continue the criminal trial at his charge should ask for the suspension of immunity itself. It would then be up to the future European Parliament to decide on the case”, continues Magyar. Given that the facts judged in the trial are prior to the election, it is however uncertain what the Court’s reaction would be: that is, whether – in its interpretation – the immunity is applicable or not, Magyar argued, adding that the defense will still be able to ask the Court to comment on the matter.

At first, Salis’s candidacy with the Democratic Party was hypothesized. Then faded. The secretary of the Democrats, Elly Schleinlast April 3, he met his father Roberto. During the summit the leader had discussed the prisoner’s race for Brussels. But Salis’ father had expressed strong doubts: “I don’t know if Ilaria would accept the candidacy with the Democratic Party”. Now the decision to run with Alleanza Verdi Sinistra.