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October 30, 2019The apple of discord that is part of a trial phase that is not easy for the majority, is now called Radical Radio. A post on the Blog of the stars clarifies the position on the question of the M5s and a sentence from the Minister Di Maio: "'There are again 8 million euros a year for 3 years at Radio Radicale. But let us give to the earthquake victims" opens a new one, fierce controversy.

The Stars Blog says
"Someone in budget law has once again proposed, for the umpteenth time, to fund Radio Radicale with millions of euros in Italian taxes: 8 million a year for three years. They are 24 million euros. Another 24 million euros of money public to a private radio that over the years has already taken 250 million euros of money from the pockets of citizens ". "Explain to us - adds the blog -, with all the problems that this country has, the logic of giving almost 30 million euros more to a private and mostly political radio? You explain it to you? We don't. And yet all parties are compact on this theme. From right to left, it seems to be their own battle. They never forget about Radio Radicale, they are convinced and united more than ever about financing it at every useful occasion ". "Already with the last government the League had voted together with the PD a Renzian amendment in favor of Radio Radicale".

The spirit of the 5 stars
"You see why the 5 Star MoVement is something else? - continues the blog - Because it is from these choices that we understand the spirit that animates a political force. And that is why for us there are no alliances regardless. The electoral law "It forces us to rule with someone, but it does not oblige us to give up fighting for what is right. In Parliament we will do everything to stop this filth. Do we not have the numbers to block it by ourselves? Well, in life there are battles that we must be proud to lose. And that we should instead be ashamed not to fight. So we fight this battle.

Pd reactions
Political reactions were not long in coming, starting with the Democratic Party: "Radio Radicale is alive, the M5s, which wanted to close it, has already lost. Minister Di Maio is right." The president of the senators Pd Andrea Marcucci writes it on twitter to which echoes the deputy democratic leader in the Chamber, Michele Bordo: "That of Luigi Di Maio on Radical radio is more than a fall of style. We have conducted a battle last year against the government to save it. For us the speech is closed. Then opening a controversy by exploiting the difficulties of the earthquake victims to revive this theme is really absurd. And it is serious that a minister of the Republic did it. " Senator Pd Roberto Rampi also spoke on the subject: "Di Maio's statements on Radio Radicale are shameful. The issues must be tackled with seriousness and themes such as the right to knowledge and the pluralism of information to those of life must not be mixed. of the suffering of people like the earthquake victims who cannot and must not every time be exploited in a vulgar way by pure political faction propaganda ".

In the M5s
the declarations of Di Maio and the 5-star Blog, however, do not have unanimous consent even within the pentastellatos as confirmed by Doriana Sarli, a deputy of the 5-star Movement who defends Radical radio: "I do not agree with the attack on Radio Radicale "For me it is a service to the citizens and maybe it will be that I am not as young as many of my colleagues, but for my generation it has been fundamental to follow politics and current affairs. However, I am to find solutions that are as sustainable as possible to keep them going" .

Fi
"The battle of rearguard of the Five Stars against Radical Radio is not surprising and certainly not a novelty. But that on the anniversary of the earthquake in Umbria, Di Maio proposed to allocate those funds to the earthquake victims, after the governments of which it is part they did nothing for reconstruction, it is simply political looting, a shameful spot that will come back to haunt him ". This is stated by Anna Maria Bernini, president of the senators of Forza Italia.

"Di Maio is the leader of a majority party that has been continuously in the government since June 1, 2018, that is for over 500 days. If he has not yet found the resources for the national shame of post-earthquake reconstruction, it is not that we need to take money away to Radio Radicale (the Parliament has already voted, does the 5-star leader remember it?), you have to take off his armchair and send him to do another job, because the government of the country is obviously not a job for him: his words are unworthy, for Radio Radicale, which is a garrison of democracy, as for the earthquake victims ". This was stated in a note by Mariastella Gelmini, leader of Forza Italia in the Chamber of Deputies.

FDI
"Di Maio exploits the earthquake victims as an object of exchange for Radio Radicale. We do not mix the responsibility plans, which also fall on the political leader of the 5 Star Movement. When we spoke, the Minister Di Maio told me that he did not want to go down in history as the one which ended Radio Radicale. The majority, therefore, committed themselves to the broadcaster Radio Radicale represents a voice of freedom and pluralism: in the 70s, even when the Italian Social Movement was excluded from the constitutional arch, Radio Radicale did not he has never failed to talk about Party congresses and the parliamentary activity of MISSINI deputies and senators.Allowing the radio station to continue its parliamentary session is good for our country's democracy, thanks also to the archive digital of the memory of republican Italy. We are ready for the battle of the classroom for Radio Radicale ". This was stated by the deputy leader of the FDI in the Culture and Publishing commission, a member of the commission for general guidance and supervision of radio and television services, Federico Mollicone.

+ Europe
'' The wolf grillino has lost neither fur nor vice. The attack on Radio Radicale is an attack on freedom of information, especially if free and uncensored information such as that of a real public service like Radio Radicale ''. This was declared by the secretary of Più Europa, Benedetto Della Vedova. "The M5S is what it has always been, a subversive force of the liberal democracy. Pd and Italia Viva - concludes Della Vedova - squash this free discussion in the bud".

Radical Party
"We regret the lack of a public service, because it is not profitable. The public service also responds to logics that are not exactly those of pure public interest, that is, an end in itself". This was said by Maurizio Turco, secretary of the Radical Party and on the last words of Luigi Di Maio, he commented: "It is not a joke by a government man". Tomorrow at 3 pm, at the "Spanish Quarters Foundation" of Naples, the Radical Congress will take place Italians: at 4 pm, the president of the Chamber, Roberto Fico, will attend the debate on juvenile prisons.

FNSI
"Once again Minister Luigi Di Maio lashes out against Radio Radicale and pluralism in information. The umpteenth sortie is an attack on Article 21 of the Constitution, whose importance has been emphasized several times by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. we hope that this attack will also be rejected by the government and Parliament and that the funds will be secured to Radio Radicale and to all the voices of minorities and differences. The right of citizens to be informed is at stake ". Raffaele Lorusso and Giuseppe Giulietti, general secretary and Fnsi president, say this in a statement.