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Tension in Italian Parliament Erupts in Physical Violence

Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:31pm by Becket Adams
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A fight broke out between members of Italy’s Lega Nord party (a group which advocates federalism) and supporters of speaker Gianfranco Fini (a self-described liberal conservative) in the Italian parliament this morning.

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Fini had recently appeared on Italian television to berate Lega Nord leader Umberto Bossi for pushing to raise the age of retirement, pointing out that Bossi’s own wife retired age 39, according The Guardian’s John Hooper.

Lega Nord supporters apparently didn’t take too kindly to this and ushers in parliament had to step in as things started to get physical, writes Business Insider.

Lega Nord supporters also chanted “resign, resign” at Fini .

Although the video does not catch the fight itself, it catches the moments leading up to it; moments which are indicative of the overall mood in Italy. It also shows a still picture of the men fighting:

“There is a climate of violence and intolerance,” said Amedeo Ciccanti from the centrist UDC party in a Reuters report. “We need to calm down because Italians are more irritated than us about this.”

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Comments (30)

Falsegods
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:40am
The Pope’s got all their money .

He’s their king socialist .
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wkw58
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 11:29am
….well let’s see….naked twins drinkin’ wolf milk, then Imperial Rome, then monarchies, then fascism, then a gazillion changes of government in a half century under the guise of “republican democracy”, then “democratic socialism”….next is anarchy and finally…
everybody drinkin’ wolf milk again. Gotta love the Italians.
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Platonician
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 8:20am
Italy is just a third world country, they hate to work and their current President Giorgio Napolitano is a former communist, not a closeted commie like Obama but an actual member of the communist party!
I‘ve been several time to that country and I can tell it’s a dump at all levels. Unfortunately my wife has relatives there, like most italians all of them anti-American commies.
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KangarooJack
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 8:45pm
Did they hit each other with shoes?? Oh, wait that’s the other people.
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- Armed Patriot
  Posted on October 27, 2011 at 7:41am
  I wish someone in OUR Senate would wring Harry Reids lying little chicken throat, but I guess thats just wishful thinking…
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IwentThere
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 8:22pm
a Liberal Conservative?
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- Jenny Lind
  Posted on October 26, 2011 at 8:49pm
  What the heck is that?
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- Access Denied
  Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:08am
  I looked it up on wikipedia; In other countries where liberal conservative movements have entered the political mainstream, such as Italy and Spain, the terms liberal and conservative may be synonymous.
  Sounds like something coming out of OWS, which means I still have no clue.
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jcons114
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 8:14pm
I definitely think they need tobring back the Savoy. only a monarch can reign in this rabble of spoiled socialist pigs! Viva Emanuele Filiberto, Re D’Italia!
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ZengaPA65
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:46pm
Isn’t this the country here the Prime Minister screws underage prostitutes?
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timturk
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:31pm
At 1:09 the dude in the back goes into ballet mode.
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- urfree2b4now
  Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:20pm
  Lol lol
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:19pm
.
I don’t know what he said, but I‘m about to whip somebody’s behind………
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Mattyboy
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:34pm
atsa matta atsa matta hey atsa matta fo you? you lika a fesh ona yo door steppe? ehhh!
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Mattyboy
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:32pm
ats a amata fo you? You no gabeche? a dead a fish ona your doora steppe ehhh?
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This_Individual
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:00pm
This would be like Pelosi and Reid fighting over which one is more of a socialist
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FaithfulFriend
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:18pm
Stop the fighting or I’ll ring my tinker bell on you again!
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- Ohio4Tea
  Posted on October 26, 2011 at 9:14pm
  yeah, i was wondering about that little bell too… Did you see that lady run up once the bell was rung? What is she, the body guard or what?! and why use that little bell ?! lol
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TH30PH1LUS
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:11pm
The once-mighty Italians have traded in their former glory for SOCIALISM. As long as it remains, they will never emerge from their poverty.
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- This_Individual
  Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:51pm
  Italy after the unification? Because if you’re talking about the citizens, they’ve been screaming “porca miseria” (****** misery) for a few hundred years, if not centuries. Nonetheless, socialists fighting over how to further limit an individual’s freedom (as shown in this video) has been occurring here for at least 100 years.
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- cromag11b
  Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:16pm
  It what universe was Rome a capitalist state?
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Gonzo
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:04pm
I would pay good money to see Rubio (or somebody) slap the crap out of Chuck Schumer.
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yiska8
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:55pm
Our House and Senate might look like this soon. Bossi’s wife retired at 39? I hope she’s not getting a government pension. Conservatives of any kind are under attacj everywhere these days. At least Fin had the guts to say it. Bravo! Italy really is in real trouble these days financially. Is there any nation besides China that isn’t on the verge of collapse?
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- Ohio4Tea
  Posted on October 26, 2011 at 9:16pm
  most countries in the world don’t have any where to go but up (look at most countries in SE Asia)
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heyjim55
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:47pm
Oh come ona fighting before pasta isa bada.
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NOBALONEY
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:47pm
Retired at 39! Greece was 50 something. Germany is going to bailout these countries in hopes that they’ll make the needed austerity measures. In your dreams!
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DanielBurke
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:46pm
U.S. will be next. Waiting to see which two politicians in DC are the first to throw down. Obama’s plan to rip the country to shreds and destroy ourselves from within is working perfectly.
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lukerw
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:46pm
Zen: There are Two kinds of People in the World…
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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:09pm
  @ lukerW….Those who work and those who live off those who work……
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- lukerw
  Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:34pm
  Excellent: how about… Destroyers… and Creaters?
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