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Yesterday the Italian minister of foreign affairs Matteo Salvini (who's also the leader of the xenophobic Lega Nord party) shared a short, but significant tweet: "Tanti nemici, tanto onore" (EN: "The more enemies, the more honor"). To witness a minister of the Republic tweeting a fascist slogan on the anniversary of Mussolini's birth marks a new low in the recent history of Italy: it means the neo-fascists feel powerful enough to drop their masks and roam the streets in broad daylight.