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A member of Matteo Salvini’s League has been placed under house arrest after fatally shooting a Moroccan migrant in what the politician argued was a matter of self-defence.

Eleven of 16 far-left extremists accused of attacking a vehicle carrying populist senator Matteo Salvini have been sentenced to up to 18 months in prison along with large fines.

Leaders of populist and conservative parties across Europe have signed a joint declaration on the future of the European Union, criticising overreach from the EU and calling for more national sovereignty.

A poll has revealed that national-conservative Brothers of Italy (FdI) leader Giorgia Meloni has become the most popular party leader in the country.

Populist Italian Senator Matteo Salvini has offered to pay the fine of a man who was caught breaking coronavirus lockdown rules by kissing his girlfriend on the street.

Populist Senator Matteo Salvini’s League, along with their allies Forza Italia, has called on the Italian government to suspend taxes in areas under lockdown to save local businesses.

A court in Ragusa, Sicily, has said it will not prosecute the captain and head of missions for the migrant transport NGO Open Arms for aiding illegal migration after it was accused of forcibly taking over a search and rescue mission from Tripoli officials near Libyan waters.

ROME (AP) — Italians in seven regions headed to the polls Sunday for two days of voting shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic.

ROME (AP) — Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has a history of heart and other medical problems, was admitted to a Milan hospital early Friday as a precaution to monitor his coronavirus infection, a top aide said.

A poll taken ahead of the regional election in the leftist stronghold of Apulia has revealed that the centre-right candidate backed by Matteo Salvini has a slight lead in the race.

Populist Italian Senator Matteo Salvini has announced he is considering launching a legal complaint against the leftist coalition government for aiding illegal migration.

Populist Senator Matteo Salvini slammed the leftist coalition government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, noting the recent increase of illegal migrants and the risks of a new Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.

The leader of Italy’s leading party declared Friday that China’s communist regime has nothing in common with Italian democracy, while condemning Italy’s official silence on Beijing’s crackdown on Hong Kong.

The Lega party of Matteo Salvini has lengthened its lead over the opposition in the latest national electoral poll, climbing to 27 percent, while the Democratic Party (PD) dropped to below 20 percent.

Hungarian-American plutocrat George Soros attacked populist Italian senator Matteo Salvini, claiming the League (Lega) leader wants to get Italy out of the European Union and the euro currency.

A leaked chat between Italian magistrates reveals that while they admitted thinking in private that former interior minister Matteo Salvini’s migrant policies were correct and legal, they chose to attack him publicly.

Discontented members of the Five Star Movement (M5S) have threatened to pull the plug on the leftist coalition government over their opposition to the use of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM).

An Italian governor said he was called “racist” by his colleagues for wanting tests for travellers from China in early February.

Italian populist leader Matteo Salvini has proposed a national unity government be formed to help deal with the coronavirus outbreak spreading across Italy.

According to a poll, nearly half of Italians say that it was wrong for senators to strip populist leader Matteo Salvini of his immunity as a potential trial against the former interior minister looms.

A middle school teacher in the Italian city of Prato is alleged to have threatened pupils and labelled them “fascists” if they refused to sing the Marxist song “Bella Ciao” in class.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has granted two migrant transport NGOs permission to drop migrants off in Italian ports as the country looks at renewing funds for a migrant agency previously defunded by Matteo Salvini.

In just four days, 22 boats containing around 1,500 migrants have launched from the Libyan mainland toward Italy as the leftist coalition increases the daily allowance for migrants.

According to new figures, Italy has seen a historically low birthrate in 2018, as the number of foreigners in the country has increased to nearly 9 per cent of the total population.

The Italian leftist coalition is reportedly looking to give the Italian Communist Party (PCI) 400,000 euros to celebrate its 100th anniversary and make the day a national day across Italy.

Three Five Star Movement senators have defected to populist Matteo Salvini’s League as the leftist Five Star-Democratic Party government coalition continues to struggle.

Populist League (Lega) leader Matteo Salvini has accused Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte of handing over Italian sovereignty to the European Union with changes to an EU bailout fund.

A far-left extremist attempted to physically assault Italian populist leader Matteo Salvini on the streets of Naples as a far-left organisation has warned Salvini not to come to a town in Romagna.

Populist Italian senator Matteo Salvini’s League is now polling as high as both of the parties in the leftist Italian coalition government combined, according to polling data.

The Italian unemployment rate is on the rise according to new statistics that put the rate up to 9.9 per cent under the leftist coalition of the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the Democratic Party (PD).

As his League party continues to dominate Italian national polls, populist leader Matteo Salvini rejected allegations of fascist allusions, saying that fascism is dead and to be called a populist “is a compliment”.

ABOARD THE OCEAN VIKING (AP) – A ship carrying 182 migrants picked up in the Mediterranean Sea said Sunday that Italy has granted permission for its passengers to disembark in Sicily.

Populist League leader Senator Matteo Salvini promised to trigger referendums to block the new leftist coalition from opening Italy’s borders to mass migration.

Matteo Salvini has sharply criticized Italy’s new government’s shift in immigration policy, saying that Italy is going back to being “Europe’s refugee camp.”

Underage migrants from Muslim-majority Albania and Kosovo often end up in leftist government areas due to higher benefits, according to a report.

Members of the populist League party interrupted Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s inaugural speech demanding a fresh election.

According to a new poll, only 32 per cent of Italians are positive about the new coalition deal between the populist Five Star Movement and the establishment left-wing Democratic Party (PD).

At least nine senators from the Five Star Movement (M5S) are ready to reject a coalition with the left-wing establishment Democratic Party (PD), according to a member of populist Matteo Salvini’s League party.

Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán has sent a warm letter to Italian populist leader Matteo Salvini, who is leaving government as the formerly anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) forms a new coalition with the left-establishment Democratic Party (PD) to avoid fresh elections.

Italy’s left-liberal Democratic Party has demanded the scrapping of populist leader Matteo Salvini’s anti-illegal immigration decrees as part of a potential coalition deal to keep the Five Star Movement in government without elections.