All the majority and opposition parties, as well as the CGIL, CISL and UIL unions, have joined the torchlight procession to remember Alexei Navalny, launched by Action, which will be held on Monday in the Capitol at 6.30pm.
"It is appropriate for pro-European and democratic political forces to promote a joint initiative on Monday afternoon in Rome upon the resumption of parliamentary work", Carlo Calenda wrote on social media in the afternoon, quickly receiving the support of PD secretary Elly Schlein: "We are here. To counteract a regime that kills dissent and freedom, in solidarity with those who are arrested in Russia today for dissenting from Putin and protesting the death of Navalny".
The M5s will also send a delegation, and Avs, +Europa, and Iv have also announced their participation.
"Calenda wakes up a day late, but we are here - announced Raffaella Paita, coordinator of MatteoRenzi's party -. Just as we were there yesterday, when the delegation from ItaliaViva and Più Europa went to the Russian embassy, to honor the Navalny's heroism".
There will then be representatives of FdI, as Giovanni Donzelli announced, and of the League, as Matteo Salvini's party made known.
Forza Italia will join "without hesitation", with a delegation "without flags" led by the party spokesperson, Raffaele Nevi, and the foreign affairs manager, Deborah Bergamini.
We moderates will also be there to defend the values of democracy, the principles of freedom and the defense of political and cultural pluralism from attacks by autocracies", as explained by president Maurizio Lupi.
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