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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Milan appeals against ‘grotesque’ move to rename airport after Berlusconi

Milan’s Malpensa airport
Matteo Salvini, Giorgia Meloni’s transport minister, approved the plan to rename Malpensa airport after the late former PM in the summer. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

Milan council has appealed against a “grotesque” move to rename the city’s main airport after the scandal-tainted late former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The council approved a resolution to take the case to the Lombardy region’s administrative court after the initiative to rename Malpensa was accelerated by Matteo Salvini, the transport minister in Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government.

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