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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10428

28 July 2011
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 27
GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/jha
Italy rejects law penalising homophobic ideas

Brussels, 27/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 27 July, the European Commission refused to comment on the rejection by the Italian House of Representatives the day before of a law that aimed to penalise homophobic acts and ideas. A spokesperson for Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding explained that this was a domestic matter involving national legislation and the commissioner had nothing to say about it. Nonetheless, the spokesperson, Matthew Newman, was keen to point out that on a...

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