'I am close to you' Mattarella tells Salis's dad - General News. Ilaria Salis, 39, is an Italian antifascist on trial in Hungary for allegedly attacking two neo Nazis in Budapest last year.

Salis had been hoping that his daughter could get house arrest in Hungary so she could then be moved to house arrested in Italy. Her lawyers have said they may appeal against the ruling against granting house arrest and may go to the European Court of Human Rights in Brussels.