Meloni Pledges to Ban Veils in Italian Schools

Italy's prime minister has promised to ban burqas and niqabs in the country's schools and to limit the number of foreign students in classrooms, Al Jazeera reported on Sunday. "Italian children cannot feel like a minority in the classroom," the prime minister said, according to Politico Europe, which carried the same remarks.

Both outlets framed the announcement as a move by the head of Italy's longest-serving government since the Second World War, who faces an election threat from a rival party on the far right. The pledge, made on a Sunday, arrives as European governments argue over the place of religious dress in public institutions.