The history of cricket in Italy is surprisingly long and they have a modestly successful national side (albeit at Associate level). Different to many countries where it is largely played by immigrants from the subcontinent. [0]
Seems a weird choice of wedge issue, though the article makes it sound like the mayor is basically shotgunning anything the Bangladeshi shipyard workers and their families enjoy, which I suppose makes some miserable sense.
She is from a far right party which main objective is dividing north and south italy. It was a hate party for the south, now its a hate party for immigrants so they can get more votes. It even changed name from "Lega Nord" to just "Lega" in a laughable attempt to erase their hateful past. You can still find videos of their leader singing a racist song towards neapolitans, asking the vesuvius to wash them with lava
Seems a weird choice of wedge issue, though the article makes it sound like the mayor is basically shotgunning anything the Bangladeshi shipyard workers and their families enjoy, which I suppose makes some miserable sense.
[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_cricket_team