Fist Fight Breaks Out in Italian Parliament Over Cuts

A fist fight broke out in the Italian Parliament today. Two Politicians started strangling each other before others rushed in to break it up.

Claudio Barbaro (L), a member of the opposition FLI party, fought with Fabio Ranieri (R) from the Northern League in Italy’s Parliament on Wednesday. (Wall Street Journal)

Reuters reported:

Italian deputies exchanged blows in parliament on Wednesday as tensions over a tough economic reform program came to a head.

At least two deputies from the Northern League, a member of the ruling center-right coalition, fought with members from the opposition FLI party of speaker Gianfranco Fini. Two deputies grabbed each other by the throat as other parliamentarians rushed to separate them.
The parliamentary sitting was suspended for several minutes after the fight, which broke out because of sarcastic remarks on television by Fini alleging that the wife of League leader Umberto Bossi had retired at 39.

Bossi has steadfastly refused to make more than slight concessions to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on the League’s objections to changing Italy’s generous pension system as part of reforms demanded by European leaders.

#1 October 26, 2011 at 11:25 am
Gus commented:

Goooonions. I’m helping to make them extinct, on a daily basis.
#2 October 26, 2011 at 11:29 am
ahem commented:

Well, when 2+2 only equals 4, that’s bound to happen.
#3 October 26, 2011 at 11:30 am
Mark1957 commented:

I love it,… who here wouldn’t pay to see Harry Reid get punched in the face.
#4 October 26, 2011 at 11:31 am
vityas commented:

I would pay to see Harry Reid bop Nancy Pelosi with that darn gavel of hers.
#5 October 26, 2011 at 11:33 am
Rob Crawford commented:

Why’d they break it up?
#6 October 26, 2011 at 11:35 am
Gus commented:

When a LIBTARD is told that the GRAVY TRAIN has pulled into the station, and that the LIBTARD must get off of the GRAVY TRAIN. And when the LIBTARD is told that he’ll have to chip in himself if he’d like to RIDE FIRST CLASS. This is what we get.
#7 October 26, 2011 at 11:36 am
Jeremy Cannone commented:

I love Italian politics!!!
#8 October 26, 2011 at 11:37 am
Ripped commented:

The freaking Guido’s have been watching to much Jersey Shores.
#9 October 26, 2011 at 11:47 am
rabble-rouser commented:

I would pay to see our Sen go fist to fist. Now that would be entertaining
#10 October 26, 2011 at 11:52 am
progressoverpeace commented:

That’s not a fight. Look at the picture. Clearly. Claudio is picking Fabio’s nose while Fabio is trying to scratch Claudio’s chin and say, “Coochie coochie coo.”

Weird and repulsive, but hardly a “fight”. That’s because the Euros have such class …
#11 October 26, 2011 at 11:52 am
Ella commented:

Same thing is going to happen here when we tell the libtards next year November that the freeloading fun is over and they will have to earn their keep.
#12 October 26, 2011 at 11:53 am
lizzy84 commented:

This is what dishing out ‘democracy’ looks like when other people’s money runs out.

Mamma Mia!
#13 October 26, 2011 at 11:56 am
averagemelon commented:

I’m rooting for the Germans, Gus. These fools need to wallow in the mess they made.
#14 October 26, 2011 at 11:58 am
11B40 commented:

Greetings:

One of the things I learned in Catholic school, back in the Bronx of the ’50s and ’60s, is that, with the I-ties, what isn’t a vendetta is an opera. Buono Fortuna, amicis.
#15 October 26, 2011 at 12:03 pm
One Man's Thoughts commented:

BAM, POW, ZONKS…Holy crap Batman…Watch that knee to the groin fellas….Pass the popcorn, starting to get real interesting these days.
#16 October 26, 2011 at 12:07 pm
Millitant Conservative commented:

#11 Ella

You are correct and that is why we all had better be armed and know how to use

your firearms. Guaranteed, should Cain gain the WH, he will rip the government a

new rear end. EPA the first to get whacked.

powder is dry
#17 October 26, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Patty commented:

I thought for a moment that this was Obama and Congress!
#18 October 26, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Blackbird commented:

“Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They [socialists] always run out of other people’s money. It’s quite a characteristic of them.” M. Thatcher

I’d love to see one of the liberal House critters try this move on Allen West. That would be a bit of C-Span gold right there.
#19 October 26, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:

Bossi has steadfastly refused to make more than slight concessions to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on the League’s objections to changing Italy’s generous pension system as part of reforms demanded by European leaders.

Pay now, or pay later.

But pay you will, in some way or another.
#20 October 26, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Adirondack Patriot commented:

Holy crap! I thought the only thing Italians are willing to fight about is soccer.

Friggin’ spaghetti-benders.
#21 October 26, 2011 at 12:25 pm
Adirondack Patriot commented:

We may have to sic the Ethiopians on them.
#22 October 26, 2011 at 12:32 pm
WillofLa commented:

Unfortunately we won’t ever see anything like this because our Houses have just way to, to much professional courtesy to even think about grabbing another rep.. I’d love to see some conservative Senator walk over to Harry Reid while he was speaking, in that little weasle voice he uses that I hate!, and just cold cock him. Or stand over there by the news crew that waits for him to come out of the Senate, and when Reid says something that is obviously a lie, and just slug the hell out of him. You know when a Republican was speaking to a group of reporters, here recently, and the man was quoating Reid, and Reid butted right in front of the man speaking, and said, “I’m the leader over the Senate, and it you are going to quoate me, I want to say it myself, I know what I said”. As if this other man was going to misquoate Reid, and Reid was going to make sure the reporter got it right. What a bastard!! What an A hole!! I’ll bet Reid wouldn’t let some Republican butt into one of his little get together’s he has with his precious news people, so why should this man let him butt in. I watched in astonishment as Reid just butted right in and the look on the face of the other representative had on his face was burning holes in Reid’s head. It should have been that guys fist in Reid’s head knocking him to the ground. Then kick him in the head to make sure you’ve got Reid’s attention.

And some conservative woman needs to walk up to Nancy Pelosi and just slap her teeth out. I emailed some of the winning Congressional candidates last Nov. and told them that when Nancy is ousted as Speaker, the man taking her place needs to go up to the stage there in front of the Chamber, grab her by the nap of her neck, grab the gavel from her hand, and kick her in the butt hard, and knock her butt down the stairs spawling her out on the floor of the Chamber’s. I told them I want to see her humiliated, and then tell her of the horrible job she’s done for the past four years that it will take ten times the work to get rid of all the damage she’s done, and just cuss her out. That is what these liberals deserve. They do not deserve any damn professional courtesy being shown towards them, because look what they’ve done.

Of course it’s the fault of the voters who put them in office so maybe it’s the liberals like the one’s in the Occupy group’s who need the crap stomped out of them!!
#23 October 26, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Patty commented:

For all the Italian Americans out there I raise my wine glass to all of you.

Tempers do flare at times and we are seeing it here. You got to love the passionate Italians.

Cheers!!
#24 October 26, 2011 at 12:46 pm
workingclass artist commented:

“If you’re too big to fail…You’re too big period.” – Gov. Rick Perry

Merkel you and France need to let them fail or they will drag you down with them.
#25 October 26, 2011 at 12:55 pm
BuddyG commented:

Arrivederci Euro !
#26 October 26, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Ruebacca commented:

If you buy Italian government bonds, you are investing in paying fat pentions for italian government workers. What kind of investment is that? Only a French bank would think thats an investment.
#27 October 26, 2011 at 1:07 pm
RedBeard commented:

Italy has pretended to be a unified country for over a century, but in reality, not so much.
#29 October 26, 2011 at 3:49 pm
bigL commented:

I wish the repubs in congress would show this kind of gumption
#30 October 26, 2011 at 3:52 pm
bg commented:

++

OT.. related..

via TheBlaze

Zero Hedge: E.U. financial collapse means that ‘germany is
the de facto leader of europe for the third time in 100 years’

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#32 October 26, 2011 at 10:36 pm
carlito commented:

Just like a wop. Brings his fists to a knife fight.