Italian schools in Pordenone are set to axe prosciutto and porchetta for chicken curry to cater to Muslim pupils

Children from migrant backgrounds make up 21 per cent of pupils in Pordenone, in Italy's Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region. That is nearly double the national figure of 11 per cent. Pasta all'amatriciana, built around pork jowl, will also go, with pork scrapped entirely in most affected schools and offered only on request in a few. League politician Marco Dreosto said respecting other faiths 'must not mean giving up our traditions'.

League MEPs Anna Maria Cisint, Silvia Sardone and Susanna Ceccardi branded the swap 'absurd'.

Beef stays on the menu under regional rules favouring white meat over red.

One Spilimbergo primary school still lets pupils add ham to their pizzas.