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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffridain Rome

Plan to rename Milan airport after Berlusconi sparks outrage in Italy

Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi as born in Milan and died in the city last year at the age of 86. Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images

A backlash is growing in Italy against a decision to rename Milan’s main airport after the controversial late former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, with the city’s mayor describing the decision as “crazy”.

More than 35,000 people have signed a petition calling on Giorgia Meloni’s government to stop the plan after the transport minister, Matteo Salvini, said he would give the final go-ahead to a decision by Enac, the Italian civil aviation authority, to rename Malpensa airport “in memory of my friend Silvio”.

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