To get elected to Strasbourg, he hired five immigrants to star in his electoral ads. The workers — from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Angola, and North Africa — talked to their fellow countrymen, asking them not to come to Italy, given the state of the economy.
Mario Borghezio: Disinfects train seats that migrants have sat on.
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Borghezio is a veteran of the European Parliament, having first joined it in 1999.
Csanád Szegedi: Anti-Semitic campaigner who became an Orthodox Jew.
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In 2007 Szegedi was one of the founders of the Hungarian Guard, a pro-Nazi political party that was outlawed two years later. He then joined Jobbik and ran for the European Parliament on an openly anti-Semitic platform.
Romano La Russa: Believes "homosexuals need to be cured".
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The younger brother of former Italian defence minister Ignazio, La Russa served in the European Parliament between 2004 and 2009. The son of a fascist MP during WWII, he has said that he still admires fascism.