Plan to rename Milan airport after Berlusconi sparks outrage in Italy

Mayor describes transport minister's decision to honour former prime minister, who died last year, as crazy'

A backlash is growing in Italy against a decision to rename Milan's main airport after the controversial late former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, with the city's mayor describing the decision as crazy".

More than 35,000 people have signed a petition calling on Giorgia Meloni's government to stop the plan after the transport minister, Matteo Salvini, said he would give the final go-ahead to a decision by Enac, the Italian civil aviation authority, to rename Malpensa airport in memory of my friend Silvio".