Italy's main center-left party has elected a far left candidate with a record of heavily criticizing Israel as its new leader. Elly Schlein, a 37-year-old dual US-Italian national, won a surprise victory in Sunday night's ballot for the leadership of the Democratic Party (PD), beating her rival, Stefano Bonaccini of the party's mainstream wing, with
France Arrests Leftist Militants Convicted of Terrorism Long Sought by Italy
The seven militants had been given refuge in France decades ago, a move which poisoned diplomatic ties between France and Italy. The arrests signal a strengthening of ties between the two governments.
A 2008 demonstration in Paris opposing the extradition of Marina Petrella, a former member of Italy s Red Brigades paramilitary group.Credit.Thomas Coex/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
April 28, 2021
PARIS The French police on Wednesday arrested seven former members of Italian left-wing extremist groups who had been convicted of terrorism crimes in Italy decades ago, but were given refuge in France.