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Italy’s Far-Right Leader Salvini Says He’s Being Hounded ‘Like Trump’ After Senate Votes to Put Him on Trial
Matteo Salvini was stripped of his immunity and could be tried for kidnapping migrants and holding them illegally at sea.
Italian Far-Right Strongman Matteo Salvini’s Bid to Be Prime Minister Has Backfired Spectacularly
Instead of the new elections he wanted, the populist strongman has found himself dumped out of government and facing plummeting poll ratings.
Think the Photo of the Drowned Migrant Father and Child Will Change Something? Just Ask Europe.
“The lesson from Europe is we can’t take that moment of compassion for granted — we have to sustain it over time in order to affect policy.”
“I did it, and I’d do it again,” says Italy’s Matteo Salvini about kidnapping migrants
"I risk three to 15 years in prison for blocking illegal landings in Italy. There are no words.”
Italy’s vaccine-skeptic government just sacked every expert on the country's top medical panel
The health minister said she has "chosen to open the door to other deserving personalities.”
Matteo Salvini wants to sue EU chief Juncker for being mean about Italy's economy
“I only talk to sober people who don't make comparisons that are neither here nor there. He should drink two glasses of water before opening his mouth."
Italy’s far-right party compared a black politician to a monkey. Now, it’s suing her for calling it racist.
"If this is not racism, what is it then?" Italy's first black government minister, Cécile Kyenge, told VICE News.
Top Luxembourg official says Italy’s Matteo Salvini is acting like “the fascists from the '30s"
“If you like immigrants so much, you can welcome them all in Luxembourg."
Italy’s Matteo Salvini won’t let 148 migrants off a rescue boat. That might be kidnapping.
"I’m the Interior Minister and I think it is my duty to defend the security of this country’s borders.”
“It’s like we have a target on our back”: Black Italians face a surge of racism let loose by Matteo Salvini
“Now I don’t feel safe, especially with people I don’t know. I can’t go out alone, I can’t go out at night. I don’t feel peace any more.”
Doctors are furious at Italy's populist government for approving a dangerous anti-vax law
It's an "infamous page in the history of the Republic.”
One European leader wants to be Trump and Putin’s other BFF
Matteo Salvini is "promoting himself as a member of this sort of ‘Internationale of nationalists,’" said one analyst