"Just as Borghezio has already been expelled from the parliamentary group he was a member of in Strasbourg, following the insults made against Kyenge, we expect the group of League senators to do the same towards Calderoli. It won't be much of a loss. And it will serve to re-establish in Italy too that European practice whereby racists are kept on the margins of institutions, also because the liberal and moderate right is the first to undertake not to give them space. (Gad Lerner)"