Mario Borghezio

thumb|Borghezio in 2013 Mario Borghezio (born 3 December 1947) is an Italian politician who represented Lega Nord in the Chamber of Deputies from 1992 to 2001, and as a Member of the European Parliament from 2001 to 2019. Quotes Quotes are arranged in chronological order Padania is a political, cultural, and economic reality well known throughout the world, even if the ragged political class of Southern Italy pretends not to know it, while for us the South exists only as a ball and chain, which we have painfully carried with us for 150 years. Quoted in La Padania, March 21, 2000. The League doesn't change its line. Do they want the 8 per thousand? We give the illegal bastards a thousand-for-a-thousand kick in the ass with the Bossi-Fini law. Quoted in la Repubblica, June 23, 2002. I hated him too [Papalia]. Then, after a rally of mine in Verona, at which I had said irreferable, violent, rude and ill-mannered things against him, he proved himself to be a person who does not use the tools of the State to defend himself. And I began to think he was someone I had to respect. From the interview with Claudio Sabelli Fioretti, Sette, November 27, 2003. The most exploited and widespread scene was that of the palandrana speech. I said: these ugly beards, these stuffed animals with palandranas, one day we'll grab them by the beard.... From the interview with Claudio Sabelli Fioretti, Sette, November 27, 2003. So far we've missed what he could talk to Europe, but he'll be back soon, we want him back on stage, that one will soon kick the ass of the bastard politicians who want us to swallow the Turkey thing... In Verona, the League was too tender with Papalia [the chief prosecutor], the one who would like to re-educate the Padanian patriots... During a rally; quoted in la Repubblica, December 19, 2004. To eradicate crime in Naples, a general like Massu would be needed. [The commander of French forces in Algeria, who in 1957 had been instructed to use any means, legal or otherwise, to restore order] From the television broadcast 'Omnibus', aired on LA7, November 14, 2006. The first Olympic gold medals awarded to athletes from the North certainly have various motivations. No one, however, seems to have the courage to say the most obvious and obvious thing, namely that they demonstrate the ethnic superiority of the Padanians, even in this field. Obviously, no racist consequences should be drawn from this reality, but no one is entitled to ignore it, as Rai commentators, who are also paid by us, do. Quoted in RaiNews24, August 13, 2008. [at a training meeting of the Nice French identity movement 'Nissa Rebela', considered far-right by the French media] We need to return to the administrations of small municipalities. You have to insist a lot on the regionalist aspect of the movement. There are good manners not to be labeled nostalgic fascists, but as a new regional movement, Catholic, etc., but underneath it all, to remain the same. Quoted in the French documentary "Europe: ascenseur pour les fachos," Europa: Elevator for Fascists, available on YouTube. [referring to the earthquake in Abruzzo and the flood in Veneto] This part of the country never changes, Abruzzo is a dead weight for us like the whole South. There is a need for a surge of dignity for the people of Abruzzo. It's healthy Padanian realism. [...] The behavior of many parts of the earthquake-stricken areas of Abruzzo has been singular; we have witnessed complaints and dramas for months. There are exceptions everywhere, but overall it was a bit of a revised and corrected re-edition of Irpinia: waiting for aid always prevails, there are no major autonomous recovery initiatives. You always wait for something to come from above, even though a lot comes from above. I wonder what the Abruzzo people's reaction would have been to the state's "sparing" behavior, sending aid in droves, as is the case with the Venetians. This only increases the Venetians' sense of disaffection with the centralist state. I believe we've now reached a breaking point. Quoted in Borghezio: «L'Abruzzo è un peso morto come tutto il Sud», January 10, 2011. [On the Serbs] I am convinced that they could have been the ones who stopped the Islamic advance in Europe, and they did not let them do it. La Zanzara, 27 May 2011. Video available on YouTube. I haven't seen the evidence, patriots are patriots and for me Mladic is a patriot. What they are making against him are political accusations. It would be good to have a fair trial, but I have just over zero confidence in the Hague Tribunal. The Serbs could have stopped the Islamic advance in Europe, but they did not let them do it. And I'm talking about all Serbs, including Mladic. I will certainly go and visit him anyway, wherever he is found. Quoted in la Repubblica, 27 May 2011. (About Anders Behring Breivik) A lot of his ideas are good, some great. It's because of the invasion of immigrants that they then turned violent. from the radio broadcast La Zanzara, Radio 24, 2011; quoted in Borghezio: Idee di Breivik condivisibili E Calderoli chiede scusa alla Norvegia, Repubblica.it, 26 July 2011. The end of Gaddafi, who died fighting in the redoubt of his last faithful, is undoubtedly a glorious end. I was one of the few (perhaps the only one) to forcefully raise my voice against the way he had been obsequiated in Italy, certainly not being a friend of ours, but this does not prevent me from declaring today with equal force that he should be chivalrously recognized as having "the honor of arms." A great leader, a true revolutionary not to be confused with the new Libyan leaders brought to power by NATO bayonets and oil multinationals. Honour, then, to the "Templar of Allah". Quoted in Borghezio non si omologa: "Gheddafi leader e vero rivoluzionario", ininsubria.it, 20 October 2011. Nazism was a criminogenic regime and Hitler did criminal deeds. But in some fields, such as ecology it has done positive things. From 'La Zanzara, Radio 24, 2012; quoted in Borghezio pro Hiltler: "Anche cose positive", ilfattoquotidiano.it. I know for a fact that extraterrestrials are spying on us, keeping us under control. They fear us. Aliens are afraid of the use we can make of nuclear power, and have been here since the dawn of time. On UFOs we have remarkable scientific documentation, there is evidence of extraterrestrial vehicles. And if there are vehicles there must be someone inside too. Quoted in Ufo, Borghezio: "So per certo che ci spiano. Ci temono per il nucleare", ilfattoquotidiano.it, 10 December 2012. Quotes about Just as Borghezio has already been expelled from the parliamentary group to which he was a member in Strasbourg, following the insults he made against Kyenge, we expect the group of League senators to do the same towards Calderoli. It won't be a big loss. And it will also serve to re-establish in Italy that European practice whereby racists are kept on the margins of institutions, also because the liberal and moderate right is the first to commit not to giving them space. Gad Lerner, quote din Fuori i razzisti dalle istituzioni, Repubblica.it, 15 July 2013. The cultural background of Borghezio we all know, it has always been racist, since the founding of the movement “Europe and civilization”, it has been since it was small, even if physically small it has never been. Sergio Chiamparino, quoted in «Questa Lega razzista qui non conta più nulla», L'Unità, p. 11, 27 July 2003. 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