Holocaust-surviving lawmaker opens Italy's Senate, even as the far-right takes office
Liliana Segre presided over the first seating of Parliament since general elections last month, when Italians voted in their first far-right government since World War II.
ROME — Italy's Fascist past and its future governed by a party with neo-fascist roots came to an emotional head Thursday when a Holocaust survivor presided over the first seating of Parliament since general elections last month.
Liliana Segre, a 92-year-old senator-for-life, opened the session in the upper chamber, subbing in for a more senior life senator who couldn't attend. Her speech formally launched the sequence
