ITALY: THREE PORN STARS LAUNCH AN ATTACK AGAINST THE NORTHERN LEAGUE'S PLANS TO PROCLAIM A REPUBLIC IN NORTH ITALY
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355398
ITALY: THREE PORN STARS LAUNCH AN ATTACK AGAINST THE NORTHERN LEAGUE'S PLANS TO PROCLAIM A REPUBLIC IN NORTH ITALY
- Title: ITALY: THREE PORN STARS LAUNCH AN ATTACK AGAINST THE NORTHERN LEAGUE'S PLANS TO PROCLAIM A REPUBLIC IN NORTH ITALY
- Date: 13th September 1996
- Summary: ROME, ITALY (SEPTEMBER 13, 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV PORNOGRAPHY STAR EVA HENGER NAKED WITH ITALIAN FLAG PAINTED ON HER BODY (2 SHOTS) 0.13 2. SV POLICE PUT CLOTH AROUND ONE NAKED PORN STAR 0.20 3. MCU PORN STARS LAUGHING WITH POLICE 0.25 4. SV POLICE CLOSES BLOUSE OF RED-HAIRED PORN STAR SHOWING HER BREASTS 0.34
- Embargoed: 28th September 1996 13:00
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- Location: ROME, ITALY
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- Country: Italy
- Reuters ID: LVA328P34L3DK0YUSLFW0NSQAJ2C
- Story Text: INTRO: Three porn stars launched a full frontal attack on Friday (September 13) against the Northern League's plans to proclaim a breakaway "republic" in north Italy this weekend.
Hungarian-born stripper Eva Henger paraded naked in body paint in the colours of the Italian flag outside Rome's lower Chamber of Deputies on Friday (September 13) during a protest against separatism.
Two topless friends, Italian Lorena Ferrari and Brazilian Valentine Demy, held up a banner proclaiming "Nothing is more obscene that separatism".
The off-beat protest was staged to coincide with the start of three days of rallies by the separatist Northern League and its leader Umberto Bossi, who plans to proclaim a northern "republic of Padania" in Venice on Sunday.
Henger told reporters she wanted to bring the country closer together before a group of smiling policemen stepped in to shield her from a posse of photographers and chaperone her away from the parliament building to a waiting taxi.
A small group of bemused tourists watched the show.
"They're just like Bossi," said Roberto Turco, a visitor from southern Italy. "All they want is a bit of free publicity." An opinion poll published on Friday found 85.6 percent of Italians were against secession.
But the survey by the Datamedia Institute showed strong support for a federal Italy and substantial understanding for the popular discontent that underpins the secessionist campaign by Bossi and his Northern League.
Bossi's party built its following on northern frustration with high taxes, suffocating bureaucracy and the corruption -- ususually associated with the south of the country -- that brought down Italy's old political class four years ago.
It has switched to a secessionist from a federalist agenda since the last election, when Bossi failed in his bid to secure the balance of power in the national parliament.
The centre-left government and the main opposition say they are committed to federal reform, though the process will require changes to the constitution expected to take at least two years.
Bossi's latest challenge has led to calls from some politicians for parliament to move faster towards federalism.
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