Italian MP calls for museum director to be sacked for being ‘racist towards Italians’

Christian Greco, who manages the Egyptian Museum in Turin, offered discounted tickets to Arabic speakers

An Italian politician is pushing for the director of a prestigious museum to be kicked out", arguing that he has been racist towards Italians" in a move that has raised the debate over apparent attempts by Giorgia Meloni's far-right government to wield a tighter grip over culture.

Andrea Crippa, deputy leader of the League, a member of Meloni's ruling coalition, said Christian Greco, who has managed the Egyptian Museum in the northern city of Turin since 2014, is a leftwing director" who is running the museum in an ideological and racist manner against Italians and Christians".