A spokesman for Italy’s newly-created anti-austerity ‚Pitchfork‘ movement said on Friday that the country was a „slave to bankers like the Rothschilds“ and that „five of the world‘s six richest people are Jews“. „It‘s curious,“ added Andrea Zunino in an interview with Italian daily La Repubblica. „It‘s something I need to figure out“. (..)

Pitchfork leader Mariano Ferro also denounced the comments, adding the group should not stand behind „the mentally ill“.