Case Battisti, now the European Union also calls for extradition

STRASBOURG - The case of Cesare Battisti walks in the European Union. With the resolution adopted today by an overwhelming majority in Parliament, who wanted the extradition of terrorist refugee in Brazil is not only Italy. That is in Strasbourg came the same relatives of the victims of Baptists and attended a press conference organized by all the Head of Delegation of the Italian parties (PDL, PD, IDV, UDC, Lega).

The resolution calls on Brazil to "exercise their right and duty to comply with the request for extradition of Baptists," acknowledging "the observance of law and independence of the judiciary" on which, for once, they all agree . A slip off the vote only of the United Left Gue, who has placed an objection on the emergency procedure, and the Greens, who question "the EU's interference in judicial proceedings still pending before the Supreme Court of Brazil ".

The fact is that the Italian MEPs, united as never before, have moved on their side of the scale throughout Europe, across the Rio de Janeiro and the newly elected president Dilma Rousseff. But the real stars were the relatives of victims of Cesare Battisti, before which, at a press conference, MEPs have chosen silence.

Alessandro Santoro (son of Antonio Santoro sergeant of police killed in prison Udine), Alberto Torregiani (son of Pierre Torregiani, the jewelers killed February 16, 1979 in Milan), Adriano Sabbadin (son of Lino Sabbadin, the butcher killed February 16, 1979 Mestre) and Maurizio Campagna (brother of Andrew Campagna, Digos agent killed April 19, 1979 in Milan).

Heavy their words: "For us it is only appropriate to say that we remember that we can not remember. We recall the daily trickle of attacks against defenseless citizens, affected, injured, killed on their way to work. We, the citizens before the Italian families of the victims, we remember.

And the persistence of this memory makes it impossible for any settlement of the moral vicissitudes of time. " Some spoke of forgiveness, but is not easy. But according Torregiani "forgiveness requires the acceptance of pain and should not be a bonus for the executioner." Words that lend themselves to different interpretations.

The fact is that the "executioner" at a press conference dubbed "criminal" and not "terrorist" rally against it has seen almost all of the Strasbourg plenary, adopted in the text that appeals to the "partnership between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil "and calls on the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Catherine Ashton, to" conduct a dialogue with Brazil and ensure that decisions comply with the basic principles of the European Union.

" It will not be easy, as Lady Ashton said that the issue is all Italian-Brazilian. "Too easy - according to Nicholas Rinaldi (IDV) - if it is true that our country does everything possible to discredit the world and now gets slapped in the face by everyone. And 'certain Brazil would never have allowed to refuse extradition in an agreement with Germany or Spain.

" Besides the text as adopted, although no legislative value, constitutes a clear political pressure on the EU and Brazil in the High Court should review the case by early February. Meanwhile across the ocean from the Labor Senator Eduardo Suplicy, among the strongest opponents of the extradition, invite the relatives of the victims to go to Brazil to talk to Baptists.

"If anything we were not going to do some for him, but to talk to the Brazilian people" is the answer. According to the criticisms of the Brazilian national press, just most of the Brazilian people seem to disagree with the decision of former President Lula. To make their voices heard, the Italian communities in Brazil, direct descendants of the thousands of Italians in the last century have sailed the ocean in search of fortune.

A year ago it was the match between Italy and Brazil a petition, signed today by 5000 natives, to ask the outgoing Brazilian President Lula to deliver justice to the Italian Baptists.

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