Matteo Salvini
Italian president meets party leaders to explore coalition options | World news
Italy’s president is meeting party leaders to see if an alternative government can be formed after the collapse of an alliance between the League and the Five Star Movement (M5S). Sergio Mattarella was to meet the heads of the small far-right party Brothers of Italy, the centre-left Democratic party (PD) and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia …
Back me to stop Salvini: Renzi casts himself as Italy’s saviour | World news
His energetic stint at the helm of Italy’s government was brought to a juddering halt when, in 2016, he was effectively sacked by voters after suffering an embarrassing defeat in a constitutional referendum. Now Matteo Renzi is back, casting himself as the man to save Italy from the potential grip of a far-right government led …
Richard Gere and Matteo Salvini clash over migrant crisis | World news
Italy’s far-right deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini has clashed with Richard Gere over the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, suggesting the Hollywood star should house himself those stranded on rescue ships after the US actor urged the Italian government to “stop demonising asylum seekers”. Gere who is currentlyon the island of Lampedusa, Sicily, after a …
Italy’s Matteo Salvini calls for fresh elections as coalition fractures | World news
Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister and the leader of the far-right League party, has called for a snap election, urging the prime minister to reconvene parliament to confirm that the coalition government is no longer viable. The dramatic move on Thursday came after months of fighting between the League and its coalition partners, the …
Second migrant rescue boat defies Salvini and docks in Italy | World news
A charity rescue vessel brought 41 shipwrecked migrants into port in Lampedusa on Saturday, the second boat to defy far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini’s bid to close Italian ports to them. Mediterranea’s Italian-flagged Alex arrived in port where a strong police presence was waiting for them but everyone remained on board after spending two days …
Rescue ship captain arrested for breaking Italian blockade | World news
The captain of a rescue ship carrying 42 people has been arrested for breaking a naval blockade by an Italian military vessel that was trying to stop the vessel from disembarking in Lampedusa. After a two-week standoff with Italian authorities, Carola Rackete, docked the German boat Sea-Watch 3 in the Sicilian port on Saturday in …
