Meloni's office issued a readout of the meeting as the premier seeks to distance her far-right Brothers of Italy party, which has its roots in a post-World War II neofascist movement, from Italy's anti-Jewish racial laws and the suppression of democracy under Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

"There is the need for a strong and more incisive common commitment to combat every form of antisemitism, a phenomenon in worrisome growth including on the web and social networks."
Meloni underlined the "essential importance of Jewish communities for the Italian and European national identity."

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