UKIP: Lega Nord, Filthy Racists, and Lying Hypocrites!‏

Lega Nord, the Italian far-right extremist party and member of Farage's EFD Group, has been given a taste of its own medicine - and like most cowardly bullies, they don't like it!

Shopkeepers in Naples have banned the racists from their premises, and Lega Nord is calling on the Commission to use EU legislation to protect its members!

"This episode is about racial discrimination and because of that it has to be pursued by the judicial authorities".

This is the terse and unequivocal answer of Mr. Fontana MEP to the posters exposed outside by almost thirty shopkeepers saying:

"After the last insults against Neapolitans, people belonging to Lega Nord are not welcome anymore. By the direction".

This episode was widely covered by the press and continued being topical after the Home Secretary, Roberto Maroni, went to Naples to attend the concert of the national Police band at 'San Carlo' theatre.

Francesco Emilio Borrelli, a member of the Green party, and Gino Sorbillo, the local handicraft representative, who promoted the initiative, said the presence of the Minister in Naples was an insult to the city:

"These initiatives are clearly against Lega Nord and the submitted justification referring to generic insults is not acceptable", Mr. Fontana added. "The rampant intolerance against Lega Nord representatives and voters is evident and alarming, as even the presence of an institutional officer was challenged ".

According to article 19 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, the Council can foresee appropriate measures in order to fight all kind of discrimination based on personal convictions:

"I'm very determined to ask Europe to carry out the right actions to protect the Lega Nord movement, which is more and more appreciated by voters as the last elections showed."