Senate speaker says he'll drop defamation suit against historian if she apologizes
(ANSA) - ROME, 26 OTT - Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa said Monday that he was ready to drop plans for defamation litigation against historian Michela Ponzani if she apolizes for comments she made on TV about his participation in a march by right-wing militants in Milan in 1973 in which a police officer was killed. Ponzani referred to the march by members of the youth wing of the now-defunct neo-fascist MSI party, which took place in breach of an ordinance by the prefect's office, while commenting on a security package Premier Giorgia Meloni's government passed last week following rioting…
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