Milan. They changed the name of Malpensa Airport, which angered the Italians.

In Italy Opposition to changing the name of Malpensa Airport is growing. By decision of the Civil Aviation Authority The port will be named after former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini accepted the decision, which did not please the public.

Italians are angry. They don’t want an airport named after Silvio Berlusconi.

More than 35,000 people have signed a petition calling on Giorgia Meloni’s government to stop these plans.The petition was organized by the youth wing of the center-left Democratic Party, which called for the airport to be named after “a figure who embodies the values ​​of honesty, integrity and service to the community.”

Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said the Civil Aviation Authority He gives in to pressure from politicians. She also pointed out that the decision was not agreed upon with the company that runs Milan’s airports. She added that “Silvio Berlusconi does not reflect these values, as shown by the many condemnations he has received over the years.”

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– This is madness – Sala said, citing Italian media. Earlier, the city’s mayor objected to a similar idea when they also tried to name one of Milan’s airports after Berlusconi.

Parliamentarian Marco Grimaldi admitted that he does not want to use the airport named after the former prime minister. – Personally, I would like to It is a shame to take off from Falcone-Borsellino airport and land at the port named after Silvio Berlusconi. – Grimaldi said.

The portal “milanotoday.it” reported that another petition has been created, according to which citizens want to name the airport Luca Attanasio. An Italian diplomat was killed during an attack on a UN mission convoy.

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