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  • Monday, May 20th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

    Thousands of Italians flood Milan in support of populist leader Salvini and to fight Brussels

    The anti-immigrant League party of Salvini, who is also deputy prime minister wants to push reform in Brussels, notably to loosen rules on national debt.

    Thousands of Italians turned out in Milan on Saturday to support their “captain” Matteo Salvini, the far-right leader they see as taking their battle against the European Union to Brussels. Ahead of May 26 European parliamentary elections, “we want to be an Italian country, with an Italian currency, we want to go back to what we were before, with our dignity and our independence.”