Populist Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini says the real “extremists” are the “elites” who have occupied Europe over the last 20 years.
Speaking at a rally in Milan on Saturday, Salvini blasted those who have held Europe hostage in the name of “finance, of multinationals, of money and of uncontrolled immigration.”
From Reuters:
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Nationalist parties from across Europe held a rally on Saturday, led by Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, promising to reshape the continent following next week’s EU parliamentary election.
Thousands of flag-waving supporters of Salvini’s League party packed a rain-soaked central Milan square to see far-right and anti-immigrant leaders from 11 European Union countries present a common front in their battle to pull back power from Brussels.
[…] “There are no extremists, racists or fascists in this square,” Salvini said. “Here you won’t find the far-right, but the politics of good sense. The extremists are those who have governed Europe for the past 20 years.”
Information Liberation reports: Salvini’s League party is leading in the polls in Italy and is expected to win around 70 seats.
Facebook meddled in the election by banning a host of pro-populist Italian pages earlier this month.
