Meloni Pledges to Ban Veils in Italian Schools

Italy's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, promised on Sunday to ban burqas and niqabs in the country's schools and to limit the number of foreign students in Italian classrooms, according to Al Jazeera and Politico Europe. "Italian children cannot feel like a minority in the classroom," Meloni said, in the words quoted by Politico. The announcement, carried by both outlets, casts the veil and the composition of the classroom as a single question of national identity.