Giorgia Meloni's party is accused of having links to neo-fascist donations

Politicians have called on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to ban neo-fascist groups after she was previously accused of donating money to far-right groups by an organisation linked to her Brothers of Italy party.

The “Alliance Nationale” foundation, which shares the flame symbol of the “Brothers of Italy” and whose board includes two leading figures of the party, is said to have donated tens of thousands of euros to two right-wing extremist causes in recent years.

The Domani newspaper reported on Friday that the foundation helped Acca Larentia, a neo-fascist group that openly celebrates far-right terrorists, acquire a new headquarters in Via Acca Larentia in Rome in July last year.

Right-wing extremist sympathizers meet every year on the Via Acca Larentia in Rome to commemorate, with fascist salutes, two members of the Youth Front who were killed there in 1978.

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Every year a memorial service is held in Via Acca Larentia for the murder of two members of the Youth Front in 1978.