Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, meanwhile, has said he was shocked by the Italian reactions to the case, saying Salis is falsely being portrayed as a victim and martyr.
“They were waiting for us, and they insulted and threatened us in Hungarian,” said Eugenio Losco, one of the lawyers.
“They said shut up or we’ll split open your head.”
Salis’ lawyers are trying to get her put under house arrest in Hungary, which, if granted, would then enable Rome to request her transfer to house arrest in Italy.
The woman’s father, Roberto Salis, has said his daughter is the victim of a political trial.
“My daughter’s situation has become increasingly a political trial as it has gone on,” he told a press conference this month at the European Parliament organised by Green-Left Alliance MEP Massimiliano Smeriglio and Democratic Party (PD) MEP Brando Benifei.
“On February 28, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto made a statement that described my daughter as guilty, voicing his hope for exemplary punishment.
“All this in a country where there is the rule of law, and in an EU member, is unacceptable.”
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