TENSION ERUPT OVER EXPANDING REGIONAL AUTONOMY IN ITALY- Fight breaks out in parliament over reforms
Tensions in the lower house of Italy’s Parliament erupted into a fistfight over a controversial government proposal that opponents say will further impoverish the poor south. One opposition politician was taken to hospital.
Video of the fight on Wednesday showed politicians converging on Leonardo Donno, of the 5-Star Movement, who opposes the changes after he tried to hand an Italian flag to regional affairs minister Roberto Calderoli.
Mr Calderoli, a firebrand politician from the Lega party with northern roots, drafted the contested expansion of regional autonomy which would mostly benefit regions like Lega strongholds of Veneto and Lombardy.
Italian media reported that Mr Donno was taken to hospital after being hit in the head and the chest.
