ROME — Rome's Jewish community has called for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to punish members of her party's youth wing who were recorded making antisemitic and pro-fascist comments in an undercover media investigation.

A reporter from online newspaper Fanpage infiltrated Gioventu Nazionale, Meloni's rightist Brothers of Italy youth movement, and recorded videos in which members declared themselves fascists and shouted the Nazi slogan "Sieg Heil".

The investigation also showed a Gioventu Nazionale member mocking Brothers of Italy senator Ester Mieli for her Jewish origin, and revealed chats on messaging platforms where militants took aim at ethnic minorities.

Fanpage has broadcast its expose in two instalments, the second one on Wednesday.

"The Jewish Community of Rome condemns the shameful images of racism and antisemitism that emerged from the Fanpage investigation," the group's President Victor Fadlun wrote on his X social media account on Thursday.

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