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(FILES) A figurine of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven is seen in the souvenir shop of the Beethovenhaus museum, where Beethoven spent some of his summers and composed sections of his Ninth Symphony, on April 30, 2024 in Baden bei Wien, Austria. On May 7, 2024, Europe celebrates the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, a legendary work that was first performed in Vienna, after having been written in the tranquillity of thermal spas near the Austrian capital. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)
(FILES) A manuscript from the Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op, 125 by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven is seen seen on display at Theatermuseum in Vienna, Austria on April 30, 2024, as the museum is presenting "particularly significant parts from Beethoven's autograph". On May 7, 2024, Europe celebrates the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, a legendary work that was first performed in Vienna, after having been written in the tranquillity of thermal spas near the Austrian capital. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)
(FILES) The Beethovenhaus museum, where German composer Ludwig van Beethoven spent some of his summers and composed sections of his Ninth Symphony, is pictured on April 30, 2024 in Baden bei Wien, Austria. On May 7, 2024, Europe celebrates the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, a legendary work that was first performed in Vienna, after having been written in the tranquillity of thermal spas near the Austrian capital. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)
(FILES) A piano used by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven is seen on display at the Beethovenhaus museum, where Beethoven spent some of his summers and composed sections of his Ninth Symphony, on April 30, 2024 in Baden bei Wien, Austria. On May 7, 2024, Europe celebrates the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, a legendary work that was first performed in Vienna, after having been written in the tranquillity of thermal spas near the Austrian capital. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)
(FILES) Various manuscripts are on display at the Beethovenhaus museum, where German composer Ludwig van Beethoven spent some of his summers and composed sections of his Ninth Symphony, on April 30, 2024 in Baden bei Wien, Austria. On May 7, 2024, Europe celebrates the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, a legendary work that was first performed in Vienna, after having been written in the tranquillity of thermal spas near the Austrian capital. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)
Hydraulic valve blocks are pictured at the Continental Automotive Technologies' plant in Gifhorn, Germany, on April 23, 2024. Production of the car component at the town of Gifhorn will end in 2027 and move to Croatia, the Czech Republic and Wales to keep the costs "competitive", according to Continental, which will cut about 7,000 jobs worldwide. (Photo by Léa PERNELLE / AFP)
Emrullah Karaca checks hydraulic valve blocks at his work place at the Continental Automotive Technologies' plant in Gifhorn, Germany, on April 23, 2024. Production of the car component at the town of Gifhorn will end in 2027 and move to Croatia, the Czech Republic and Wales to keep the costs "competitive", according to Continental, which will cut about 7,000 jobs worldwide. (Photo by Léa PERNELLE / AFP)
Emrullah Karaca poses for a portrait in the new training facilities opened by Continental to train its employees, at the Continental Automotive Technologies' plant in Gifhorn, Germany, on April 23, 2024. Production of the car component at the town of Gifhorn will end in 2027 and move to Croatia, the Czech Republic and Wales to keep the costs "competitive", according to Continental, which will cut about 7,000 jobs worldwide. (Photo by Léa PERNELLE / AFP)
Emrullah Karaca checks hydraulic valve blocks at his work place at the Continental Automotive Technologies' plant in Gifhorn, Germany, on April 23, 2024. Production of the car component at the town of Gifhorn will end in 2027 and move to Croatia, the Czech Republic and Wales to keep the costs "competitive", according to Continental, which will cut about 7,000 jobs worldwide. (Photo by Léa PERNELLE / AFP)
Emrullah Karaca checks hydraulic valve blocks at his work place at the Continental Automotive Technologies' plant in Gifhorn, Germany, on April 23, 2024. Production of the car component at the town of Gifhorn will end in 2027 and move to Croatia, the Czech Republic and Wales to keep the costs "competitive", according to Continental, which will cut about 7,000 jobs worldwide. (Photo by Léa PERNELLE / AFP)
Emrullah Karaca walks at Continental's Gifhorn site, where car brake parts are manufactured, along buildings that will soon belong to Stiebel Eltron, a producer of heat pumps, in Gifhorn, Germany, on April 23, 2024. Production of the car component at the town of Gifhorn will end in 2027 and move to Croatia, the Czech Republic and Wales to keep the costs "competitive", according to Continental, which will cut about 7,000 jobs worldwide. (Photo by Léa PERNELLE / AFP)
Buildings of the Continental Automotive Technologies' plant in Gifhorn are seen that will soon belong to Stiebel Eltron, a producer of heat pumps, in Gifhorn, Germany, on April 23, 2024. Production of the car component at the town of Gifhorn will end in 2027 and move to Croatia, the Czech Republic and Wales to keep the costs "competitive", according to Continental, which will cut about 7,000 jobs worldwide. (Photo by Léa PERNELLE / AFP)
Muslims gather on the private parking lot of a construction site for the half-day prayer in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Muslims gather on the private parking lot of a construction site for the half-day prayer in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Muslims gather on the private parking lot of a construction site for the half-day prayer in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Muslims gather on the private parking lot of a construction site for the half-day prayer in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Muslims gather on the private parking lot of a construction site for the half-day prayer in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Muslims gather on the private parking lot of a construction site for the half-day prayer in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Italian Rejaul Haq, looks on before the half-day prayer in his private parking lot of a construction site in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Muslims gather on the private parking lot of a construction site for the half-day prayer in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Muslims gather on the private parking lot of a construction site for the half-day prayer in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Muslims gather on the private parking lot of a construction site for the half-day prayer in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
A woman stands at the window of a residential building as muslims gather on the private parking lot of a construction site for the half-day prayer in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Muslims gather on the private parking lot of a construction site for the half-day prayer in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Muslims gather on the private parking lot of a construction site for the half-day prayer in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Muslims leave the private parking lot of a construction site after the half-day prayer in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
A general view shows the shipyard of Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
A general view shows buildings in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
A general view shows the shipyard of Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
A muslim family walks in a street of Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Veiled women walk in a street of Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Veiled women walk in a street of Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
A veiled woman pushes her bike in a street of Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
A veiled woman walks in a street of Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
People walk in a street of Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
A young veiled woman walks in a street of Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
A sign at the entrance of Monfalcone's city-hall reads 'For security reasons it is forbidden to enter with a covered face', on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Anna Maria Cisint, far-right mayor of Monfalcone and candidate for the upcoming European Elections, is pictured during an interview with AFP in Monfalcone on April 26, 2024. Cisint was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centres. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Anna Maria Cisint, far-right mayor of Monfalcone and candidate for the upcoming European Elections, is pictured during an interview with AFP in Monfalcone on April 26, 2024. Cisint was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centres. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Anna Maria Cisint, far-right mayor of Monfalcone and candidate for the upcoming European Elections, is pictured during an interview with AFP in Monfalcone on April 26, 2024. Cisint was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centres. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Anna Maria Cisint, far-right mayor of Monfalcone and candidate for the upcoming European Elections, is pictured during an interview with AFP in Monfalcone on April 26, 2024. Cisint was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centres. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
A young veiled woman takes pictures of plants on a market in Monfalcone, on April 26, 2024. The far-right mayor of Monfalcone, Anna Maria Cisint, was under the spotlights recently because she banned muslims from praying inside their two cultural centers. An administrative court in Trieste will rule on May 23, 2024 whether to uphold or strike down the mayor's ban. Immigrants make up a third of Monfalcone of 30,000 inhabitants outside Trieste, most of them Bangladeshi Muslims who began arriving in the late 1990s to build cruise-liners for Fincantieri, Europe's largest shipbuilder. Since November a fraction of the city's Muslims who have been banned from praying inside their two cultural centres by Monfalcone's far-right mayor. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
(From L) Canadian actor Raphael Alejandro, Mexican actress Regina Reynoso, Mexican actor Cristo Fernandez and Spanish actor Rafael Cebrian attend Apple TV+ and the Imagen Foundation's Latinx Celebration at the Hollywood Athletic Club in Los Angeles on May 5, 2024. (Photo by Etienne LAURENT / AFP)
