[Interview] ‘I hear MEPs say Muslims are a threat, with no consequences. I say Free Palestine and I’ll be arrested’ – MEP Benedetta Scuderi warns protest repression is being normalised in Europe

EUobserver · 21-10-2026, 15:08:09

Defending human and environmental rights could get you in prison, or at least detained - as happened to Italian MEP Benedetta Scuderi. She talks to EUobserver about the double-standard in policing of left and rightwing demos, and the housing crisis sparking much of the youth unrest.