FILE PHOTO: Leader of Italy's far-right League party Matteo Salvini speaks to the media in Rome, Italy, January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian economy undersecretary has resigned after causing an uproar by saying a park in his hometown should be renamed after the brother of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
Claudio Durigon, a member of the right-wing League, said earlier this month his party was committed to restoring the original name of the park in Latina, a city of around 120,000 residents in central Italy, to Arnaldo Mussolini.
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