Pressure mounts in Italy to dissolve neo-fascist group after riots

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi meets Maurizio Landini, secretary general of Italy's main CGIL trade union, whose headquarters were broken into by a group anti-vaccine protesters during a riot at the weekend, in Rome, Italy, October 11, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

ROME (Reuters) -Italy's government was under growing pressure on Monday to dissolve the Forza Nuova neo-fascist group involved in violent weekend protests against a government drive to make the COVID-19 "Green Pass" mandatory for all workers.

Since its foundation in 1997, Forza Nuova has repeatedly been accused of using violence against immigrants and police. Along with the CasaPound group it is the main neo-fascist organisation still active in Italy.