Tajani: "Fiero di essere giornalista, non accetto insulti"

Tajani: "Proud to be a journalist, I do not accept insults" "I defend freedom of the press throughout Europe" POLITICS (Strasbourg). "I remind you that the President of the European Parliament is a member of parliament like all the others and even the members of your group can testify that I have always been impartial in carrying out my work and I would also add that I am proud to be a journalist and I do not agree with the shameful statements and insults that have been addressed to journalists by representatives of the Italian government. I defend freedom of the press throughout Europe as President of the European Parliament and I do not accept that it is said that journalists are prostitutes as authoritative representatives of your party and the government that you defend have done". Thus the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, responding to the MEP of the 5 Star Movement, Piernicola Pedicini, who criticized him for the fact that "every day you appear on all the Italian news programs with public statements against the actions of the government". (Giulia Torbidoni/alanews)