EU’s Antonio Tajani says Mussolini ‘did some positive things’
By DW
16 March 2019 |
11:28 am
Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini "built roads" in Italy and achieved other "positive things" before following Adolf Hitler into war, European Parliament President Antonio Tajani has said. His remarks prompted outrage.
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