Politics · Italy · 9 hrs ago
Salvini criticizes state action involving the ‘family in the woods’
Matteo Salvini criticized state action involving the ‘family in the woods’, speaking at an election event in Ortona.
He said the parents and children had been victims of excessive and unjustified state power.
The source does not explain the family’s circumstances or the specific action taken in their case.
Salvini said he hoped the case would reach a positive conclusion, though he believed it had already gone on for too many months.
He also called for a review of social services and juvenile courts’ interventions when children are taken from families without abuse or violence cases.
Salvini said his party, the League, would continue working on that issue beyond this case.
Matteo Salvini said the “family in the woods” and especially its children had been victims of unjust state action.
He made the comments at an election meeting in Ortona.
Salvini said he would be glad to meet the family again if and when they wanted.
He called for reviewing the work of social services and juvenile courts in cases where children are removed without abuse or violence.
He said the League would continue working on the issue beyond this case.
- Who
- Matteo Salvini and the “family in the woods,” including the children.
- What
- Salvini criticized state action involving the family and called for a review of some child removals.
- When
- 4 November 2026, the date the report was published.
- Where
- At an election meeting in Ortona, Italy.
- Why
- Salvini said the family, especially the children, had suffered unjust state action. He called for reviewing removals of children in cases without abuse or violence.
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- Speaker
- Matteo Salvini
- Location
- Ortona
- Outlet
- ANSA
- Published
- 4 November 2026
- Policy call
- Review social services and juvenile court interventions in child removals without abuse or violence
What people are saying
I continue to believe that they, not only the two of them but above all the children, were victims of state overreach without measure or reason.
I will be happy, if they want and when they want, to meet them again, because I have always approached them cautiously.
Reviewing and recalibrating the actions of social workers and juvenile courts over the all-too-frequent removals of children without cases of abuse or violence is something we in the League will continue to work on.