Zepp-LaRouche Addresses Conference of New Sovereignist Party in Italy

Schiller Institute President Helga Zepp-LaRouche was a guest speaker at a July 27 panel on “The Ghost of Sovereignism Is Once Again Haunting Europe”, which was part of the three-day “Forum of Italian Independence” that took place in Orvieto, Italy, July 26-28.

On the panel with Mrs. LaRouche were Francesco Toscano, president of Democrazia Sovrana e Popolare, German MP Mathias Moosdorf (AfD), Derzsi Akos, Vice President of the Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement in Romania, and moderator Giuseppe Lauria, from the “Indipendenza!” movement.

In particular, Zepp-LaRouche’s second intervention was very well received, judged by many as the best speech of the panel. Answering a question from the moderator, she described the political and economic crisis in Germany as being a consequence of the incompetence of the tripartite coalition government (dubbed the “Traffic Light” because of the three colors designating the parties) and their total submission to Anglo-American policies. She described how a “lifeboat” would require collaborating with the Global South, before calling for a new classical Renaissance (cf. next item).

The previous day, the conference had opened with a panel featuring Russian Ambassador to Italy Alexey Paramonov and American economist Jeffrey Sachs in a dialogue moderated by economist Michele Geraci, the foreign policy speaker for the Indipendenza! Movement.

Summarizing the “mission” of the Forum, Indipendenza! Leader Gianni Alemanno called on sovereignist movements in Europe to unite. But, he cautioned, avoiding this time the mistakes of the past, namely the embracing of free-market policies and Islamophobia.

The proceedings of the Forum are available here.  The interventions by Helga Zepp-LaRouche begin at at Min. 1:30:48