- Italian deputy prime minister Antonio Tajani has faced intense criticism after claiming women who wear longer skirts make better wives and mothers.
- During a speech, the 73-year-old foreign minister suggested young men should choose a less flashy, more reliable partner with a slightly longer skirt for everlasting love.
- Opposing politicians condemned the remarks as backwards, with MP Chiara Appendino stating that a woman's reliability is not measured in centimetres of fabric.
- Far-right politician Roberto Vannacci stoked the controversy further by telling Italian media he prefers a woman without a skirt.
- Tajani subsequently apologised at the UN General Assembly, claiming his comments were misunderstood and that he never intended to cause offence.
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