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Malpensa Airport will be renamed "Silvio Berlusconi", in honor of the former prime minister/ The decision angers a group of Italians

2024-07-09 07:36:51Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Malpensa Airport will be renamed "Silvio Berlusconi", in honor of the

Malpensa, Milan's largest airport and Italy's second busiest, will be renamed after the country's late former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi.

Matteo Salvini, Italy's deputy prime minister and minister of infrastructure and transport, announced the change on social media on Friday, writing: "Good news: Milan's Malpensa airport will be named after Silvio Berlusconi."

According to Salvini, officials from the Lombardy region, where the airport is located, made a request to rename it a year ago. On Friday, the board of directors of the country's National Civil Aviation Authority approved it.

"The final decision rests with the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport and I am ready to put my final signature, with pride and emotion, in memory of my friend Silvio, a great entrepreneur, a great Milanese and a great Italian," Salvini said. . . "He is always with us."
It is unclear when Malpensa, which offers flights to 180 destinations in 77 countries, will be officially rebranded. CNN has reached out to MilanAirports, the company that owns Malpensa, for comment.

He was elected prime minister three times and served a total of nine years, longer than anyone since fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

A controversial right-wing figure, Berlusconi appeared in court several times during his career. He was tried on charges ranging from tax evasion and bribery to corruption and sex with an underage prostitute. But only one case stuck — a 2012 conviction for tax evasion in a deal involving television rights.

The decision to rename the airport in his honor has angered some Italians.

Pierfrancesco Majorino, head of the Democratic Party of the Council of Lombardy, called the decision "deeply wrong".

Instead, Majorino suggested renaming the airport after Luca Attanasio, Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, who was assassinated in Goma in 2021.

"Attanasio did not divide our country", said Majorino. "He was a public servant and an outstanding citizen of Lombardy who brought the best of Italy to the world. The one who wants more peace and justice.”


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