AAntonio Tajani he was forced into heavy self-criticism (and within a few hours) just for having said that Mussolini he also did "positive things". The President of the European Parliament should not have allowed himself to do this (obvious) statement? The scandal that occurred is the eloquent symptom of the decadence of politics and political culture in Europe. In other times, when the public scene was occupied by men of a much different caliber, no one would ever be surprised to hear such judgments. Even coherent and all-round anti-fascists did not limit themselves to condemnation but on some occasions also expressed positive opinions. This did not mean a decrease in "anti-fascism" but the expression of a political culture capable of grasping the complexity of historical phenomena.

During a Comintern meeting,,,

One of these anti-fascists who managed to grasp the positive aspects of fascism was none other than Palmiro Togliatti. Here is what the head of Italian communism said in Moscow in the session of 7 March 1941 of the Secretariat of the Comintern. The strong elements of fascism? They are not only in violence and the apparatus. «This dictatorship - said Togliatti- he did something – not just through violence, but also in favor of certain sections of the population" such as workers and young generations". This intervention is part of one of the unpublished documents from the former Soviet archives in Moscow.
Not just Togliatti, Also Sandro Pertini, irreducible anti-fascist, on some occasions he expressed positive opinions on fascism. To remember it. he is the writer Antonio Pennacchi-«Those who criticized Tajani perhaps believe they are more anti-fascist than Pertini and Togliatti? It's a sign that you no longer understand anything. The truth is that these are controversies that are on the moon, it is not possible 'in nature' that in a regime that lasts twenty years there are only negative aspects. Mao Tse-tung also says it in the 'Little Red Book' that there is nothing totally benign or malignant".
Source- https://www.secoloditalia.it/2019/03/persino-togliatti-parlo-bene-del-fascismo-mussolini-ha-fatto-anche-del-bene-ai-lavoratori/