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Schlein calls on the right to change the divisive definition in the anti-Semitism bill

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The secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein stated that the party is willing to vote on the bill on anti-Semitism if the right changes the divisive definition included in the law, otherwise it will vote against and attribute responsibility for the division to the right.

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The bill on anti-Semitism is undergoing a final vote in committee before arriving in the Chamber of Deputies. The Democratic Party has expressed concern about a definition deemed divisive inserted into the law by the right.

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"We make a final appeal to this right to change the divisive definition they have put in this law" and "if it is changed we are also available to vote for it, if this is not the case the instrumental nature of this operation will be evident and we will vote against it and they will take the responsibility of dividing" on such an important issue. Dem secretary Elly Schlein said this at the end of a river meeting of the parliamentary group in the Chamber in view of the final vote in the commission and then the arrival in the Chamber of the bill on anti-Semitism.