UPDATE: in July 2017 the Court of Trieste ruled that Free Trieste’s demonstration for the Northern Free Port was not subversive.

UPDATE: in July 2017 the Court of Trieste ruled that Free Trieste’s demonstration for the Northern Free Port was not subversive.
Ever since 1958, in face of the law, Trieste’s administering authority draft Trieste’s young men in the Italian army. As they await a new war…
Breaking through limits, attacking when it seemed impossible, never giving up: lieutenant Lerch was among the the most praised submariners.
…a pretentious and self-declared “government” of the Free Territory of Trieste lead by a former Italian soldier and fixer and by a former Italian policeman…
But why am I under trial? It is not for criminal actions, but because I stand for the rule of law in my State: the present-day Free Territory of Trieste.
…what is happening in Trieste constitutes an act of subversion against Italian laws. Only, it is the Italian authorities to commit it, not Free Trieste.