IndiaAIFounders — Meloni accused of ‘running scared’ with cap on foreign children in classrooms

Meloni accused of ‘running scared’ with cap on foreign children in classrooms

September 25, 2026 at 11:31 AM

Critics say decree also banning burqa in schools shows Italian PM worried about losing far-right voters in next year’s elections

The Italian government has been accused of ramping up divisive rhetoric to try to court far-right voters ahead of next year’s general election after it passed a decree aimed at capping the number of newly arrived migrants in classrooms and banning the burqa and niqab in schools.

The prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, who leads the far-right Brothers of Italy party, said her government had approved what she called “commonsense measures that do not divide but genuinely help to integrate”.

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