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After gathering, via social networks, tens of thousands of sympathizers in the squares of forty cities, from north to south of Italy, the new anti-Salvini and anti-populist movement, called "Sardines", celebrates its first month of existence in Rome, this Saturday, December 14.
With our correspondent in Rome, Anne Le Nir
The meeting on the huge Saint John Lateran Square in Rome will be the most important of all since the appearance of the " Sardines " on November 14 in Bologna.
We now know how small fish swim against Matteo Salvini and against any form of discrimination: grouped in tight schools, with only sardines in cardboard. Their watchword: "no to violence", "no to insults", "no to party symbols".
But who are these protesters who still sing Bella Ciao to their hearts? " " The Sardines "feel close to the left. There are a lot of members of Catholic communities, but also of LGBT associations, feminist, anti-fascist associations which, unexpectedly, found themselves as in the same family ", explains the spokesperson of" Sardines ", Mattia Santori, 32, economist and physical educator.
A political movement therefore, but which does not want to turn into a party. Its objective is to awaken the Italians to give them, above all, the sense of civic engagement. In favor of a more united, more open, more humane society.
A civic movement against the far right
The movement was created by four Bolognese friends, aged 29 to 32, and all university graduates. The "Sardines" have been mobilizing with surprising energy since the launch of the electoral campaign of Matteo Salvini in Emilia-Romagna, for the January 26 election.
Emilia-Romagna has been the biggest stronghold of the left for 70 years. But according to the polls, this region could pass into the hands of the Sovereignist League.
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The right and the extreme right already governing 12 regions out of 20, a victory for Salvini in this key region would risk breaking up the government coalition made up of the 5-star movement and the Democratic Party. The challenge is therefore national.