Interview Andrea Ballarati
Andrea Ballarati is currently at the center of a controversy that goes beyond Italy’s borders. An activist and organizer of the Remigration Summit, he is considered one of the pioneers who introduced and popularized the concept of remigration in Italy. Today, Ballarati is facing legal proceedings for “hate speech,” a trial that raises serious questions about the politicization of justice in Europe and the limits of freedom of expression in our democracies. Andrea Ballarati is a new example of repression against identitarian movements in Europe. We met with him.
1. You are being prosecuted for “hate speech.” Could you explain precisely what you are accused of? What were your statements?
Since I brought the term « Remigration » back to Italy from Vienna in 2023, the judicial power in Italy has investigated me and my group for hatespeech. They tracked my calls, my contacts, my phone, they tried to listen to my calls, a treatment reserved to terrorists and mafiosos, all because I stated obvious and reasonable things such as « The never integrated bands of migrants which are now imposing their law on us are the representation of the failure of multiculturalism » or « France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium are on the verge of becoming composed mostly by migrants, there is no time left, one word : Act ! ». These sentences were used as a basis to proceed against me with a case of « incitement to discriminate » that could cost me 1 year and 6 months of my life in jail.
2. Do you think this investigation is a matter of justice, or is it a political tool aimed at silencing you?
The tendency that has become relevant in the west, especially against fellow identitarian activists, is the fact that the judicial proceedings have become a political tool of repression, just like it was in the old regimes, which is not only aimed at censoring the single individual in question, myself in this case, but it is aimed to instill fear in the public and demoralize the supporters of the ideas proposed. So, in my case, this hatespeech case, considering the fact that it appears right as Remigration has become popular in Italy and is threatening to become a mobilizing myth against the enstablishment, I can safely and rationally assume it’s being used as a weapon of fear against the broader remigration movement.
3. Giorgia Meloni, as Italian Prime Minister, has taken firm positions on national sovereignty and immigration. Do you see a contrast between her political discourse and what you are experiencing?
Giorgia Meloni presented herself as the beacon of a deeply needed political change in Italy and Europe, with her fierce propaganda making the whole continent, me included, hope for her success and rise. I was a member of her party in 2019 and I became disillusioned with her in the COVID-19 era, during which, although she was in the opposition, she made me realize her party was just part of a script to contain and direct dissent. She has been a member of the Aspen Institute, a globalist container directed by the Rockefellers, since 2021; her role is to ensure US influence in Europe, and the economic interests that support her, mainly Confindustria which is an industrial conglomerate, are pushing for more mass migration, hence the « Decreto Flussi », her law which will allow 500k migrants from MENAPT to come in the country legally over the next 3 years.
4. Some consider your trial an example of “lawfare” in the Italian style. What do you think of this strategy, and do you believe it is used against other conservative figures in Europe?
In these cases it is important to remember that, since they never have any basis to proceed, they are not aiming to convict activists, at least most of the times, instead they aim to isolate, strangle, demoralize and economically bleed us out.
The strategy is clear and simple : The system detects opposition, it starts by dehumanizing it, then it tries to censor it, then it tries to silence it.
Lawfare is a way to do all of the above at the same time : They dehumanize you through bad press and by marking you with the « investigated » or « condemned » labels which in our burgeouis society are stigmas that can ostracize and isolate people ; these stigmas often mean you cannot work, get services or live normally, isolation increases as regular people only see what the system feeds them about you ; years of processes cost thousands of euros and are deliberately elongated as much as possible to enable as much negative effects on the individual as possible ; the gigantic pressure results often in demoralization and auto-silencing of the threat. The main example of this I believe is Dries Van Langenhove, already famously convicted for memes and now with other 12 legal cases against him.
5. You were one of those who helped popularize the concept of Remigration in Italy. How do you define this term, and why do you believe it is crucial for Europe today?
Remigration aims to be the pragmatic, rational, gradual, continental solution to the existential threat which Europe is facing through mass migration, a process that in the course of the last decades has brought the continent in a serious demographic crisis. Remigration is a tool, not an end, and this tool needs to be adaptable to the different realities that compose our continental system ; it is our task to ensure the end is achieved : The Reconquista of our homelands in order to maintain the lands of our ancestors the lands of our descendants.
6. The Remigration Summit has attracted international media attention. On May 30, 2026, it will take place in Porto. What impact can this kind of event have on public debate?
Well, I think RESUM25 is an answer in itself. The sole announcement of such an event had, in Italy, the effect to make Remigration popular overnight, even before the event took place. During the event and after it the impact was enormous : Parties, associations, politicians, academics started to discuss and use the term and it was inserted in the dictionary right aftewards. Internationally Resum25 made such waves that even the US President started to use it regularly. As of now, Remigration has gone global which exposes risks : The term can lose this meaning. Resum26 is aimed at this : It will be bigger, better, more political and most importantly will go in depth like never before and produce actual basis for a comprehensive remigration approach in Europe.
7. Some say your ideas are radical. How do you respond to critics who accuse you of extremist tendencies ?
My radical ideas were the baseline ideas of my ancestors. Our reality is just an anomaly that stands upon foundations of lies and manipulation. I can answer only this : If facts become radical, and truth is made extreme it means lies are being exposed and the end of the system is near.
8. You speak of personal sacrifices for this cause. What have been the heaviest, and why do you feel they were worth it?
Activism has its toll, especially for those of us who lead and expose themselves to the dangers of the « trade ». I lost many friendships, passed on many opportunities, closed different pathways I could take all because of what I perceive is my Destiny and I believe Just and truthful. Time is certainly a currency that is spent with no measure, and the stress can have its weight, but I believe I speak for all activists out there when I say this : I would not have it otherwise and will keep sacrificing with a smile as I want to be able to look in the mirror without shame, to hold my head up high, to look in the eyes of my children and be able to tell them « I fought for you ».
9. To what extent have your international networks, particularly with other conservative movements in Europe and the United States, strengthened your strategy?
Networking is key to expand influence throughout the globe and strengthen ties with containers of influence. In my role in the Remigration Summit orgaization I have enstablished various contacts at all levels of the political game ranging from simple militants to government officials, and this has opened various opportunities for us and our project, other than permitting an easier normalization of our talking points and their entrance, or conquest, of the mainstream.
10. As an Italian and an identitarian, what lessons do you draw from Meloni’s policies?
A clear and simple lesson which seems idiotic to present is to never betray your promises and go soft on your own « strength » based programme. She played with her electorate’s emotions and needs and betrayed them as soon as she had the chance to appease other containers of influence which do not care about the wellbeing of the peoples of Italy.
11. Do you think the influence of social media (X/Twitter, Telegram, Threads) can change the balance of power between activists and institutions?
Information and the means connected to it are the only way activists can reach and mobilize a public. Our role is to shift the window of political discourse and to focus it on certain urgent issues and stir it in the right direction. Access to free, uncensored means of community driven, mass information, like X for example, has, in my opinion, drastically changed the cards at play equalizing the balance of power between us and the system itself. For this reason the EU is trying everything they can to shut down or control these channels completely : Control information and you control perception, control perception and you control reality.
12. Finally, if you were to address a message to European and international readers who follow your struggle and the controversies surrounding freedom of expression, what would you say to them?
The battle of our time is here and now. It is something more total, complete and deep than anything our people have ever faced before. Our fight is to ensure the continuative existance of our whole civilization, and of truth as a whole, and we must use both as our shield and sword. Our ancestors built us solid foundations and walls in order for us to be sheltered, we must equip the bows and arrows and get on top of these walls. Always speak up, never cower in fear : The future belongs to us !
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We met Mr Ballarati at the Remigration Summit in Milan in 2025, which he organised. It was a high-profile event, impeccably managed by him and the other members of his staff. With a large and largely young audience, it was a successful event for promoting the issue, and its detractors are well aware of this.