Heated Cospito-mafia spat between FdI and PD escalates

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A massive war of words between two senior lawmakers for Premier Giorgia Meloni's right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party and the Democratic Party (PD) related to the case of jailed anarchist Alfredo Cospito escalated on Friday.

Information from penitentiary insider Andrea Delmastro Delle Vedove has sparked a heated row. (Photo: ANSA)

One of the MPs has accused the opposition centre-left group of "bowing" to the mafia, while the PD, on the ...

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