Tag: salvini
World 31.05.21 | 13:01

Salvini proposes a European right-wing coalition

Italian politician Matteo Salvini called for the creation of a coalition of all right wing parties in Europe. He estimates that the coalition could have 130 seats in the European Parliament and become its second or third political force. The proposal comes shortly after the Hungarian Fidesz left the...
World 30.04.21 | 18:43

Matteo Salvini: Everyone has a right to self-defence

Three gang members have tried to rob a jewellery store in Italy. The owner shot two of the attackers, while the third assailant fled the scene. Following the attack, Italy’s right-wing Lega party launched a campaign for the recognition of self-defence, the V4 news agency reported. The jewellery...
World 19.04.21 | 10:13

V4: Judge in Matteo Salvini’s hearing is infamous for questionable verdict

The judge deciding in the hearing of Matteo Salvini had previously handed down a remarkably mild verdict in the case of a woman spreading terrorist propaganda, the V4 news agency reported. Matteo Salvini is standing trial for denying docking to the NGO-operated Open Arms ship, with 147 migrants on board,...
World 06.02.20 | 12:26

V4: Economic success is a prerequisite to conservative politics, Orban says

During a panel discussion at the National Conservatism Conference organised by the Edmund Burke Foundation in Rome on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orban described economic success as a prerequisite to conservative politics. The Hungarian premier travelled to Italy on Monday where he met Lega chief...
World 23.01.20 | 21:04

Salvini: the Italian government is finito

“Il governo è finito” – the government is finished – Matteo Salvini posted on Facebook reacting to news that Luigi Di Maio, president of the Five Star Movement (M5S), member of the governing the left-wing coalition, has resigned. Di Maio, who kept his position as Foreign Minister, tried...
World 25.12.19 | 20:52

Salvini calls banning of Christmas mass at school a shame

Italian right-wing leader Matteo Salvini has described as “unspeakable shame” the news that a school in Sicily has decided to abolish the traditional Christmas mass and the nativity scene this year, as a sign of respect toward non-Christian children. Salvini reacted to the issue at Lega’s...
World 28.10.19 | 11:12

V4: Salvini wins blowout regional election in Umbria

Matteo Salvini right wing party League, which was recently pushed out of the Italian Government by machinations of the left wing and centrist parties despite its overwhelming lead in the polls, won a major victory in the elections in the region of Umbria. The League won 58 percent of the votes, 20 points...
World 14.09.19 | 20:03

Italy opens its borders shortly after Salvini’s ouster, V4 reports

Migrants could once again flood Italy across the Mediterranean if newly appointed Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese abandons the consistent migration policy of her predecessor Matteo Salvini. The V4 news agency reports that Salvini’s approach of closing the Italian ports has been the...
World 09.08.19 | 16:39

Salvini wants new elections

There is no way to settle the disagreements within Italy’s governing coalition, so the only way forward is to hold new elections, the leader of Italy’s ruling Lega party, deuty Prime MInister Matteo Salvini said on Thursday evening, the V4 news agency reported. Late in the afternoon, Italian...
World 03.05.19 | 11:49

Orban and Salvini agree: The problem is not distribution of migrants already here, but how to stop thousands more from coming

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini made a joint trip to the Hungarian – Serbian border yesterday, to inspect the work to prevent illegal migration into the European Union along the Balkan route. Orban and Salvini said that the efforts the two countries...

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