Salvini in a sentence

Nardelli presents Salvini, whom the unidentified Russians at the meeting call the “European Trump,” as under Putin’s thumb, representing a key asset for the Russian leader because of Salvini’s recent electoral victory.

Figures such as Matteo Salvini, Italy’s hard-line deputy premier, are seizing on her Atlanticist, pro-EU turn to present her as a traitor and push more hardcore policies.

A committee in the Italian Senate has formally authorised an investigation into Lega’s Matteo Salvini over allegations of kidnapping migrants who weren’t disembarked from the Italian coast guard ship Gregoretti in July.

A series of local elections are providing Salvini the chance for a comeback—including this weekend’s vote in Emilia-Romagna.

China, the origin of the outbreak, has also sent medical supplies to Italy, amid complaints from eurosceptic far-right leader Matteo Salvini that the European Union was failing in its duty of solidarity.

Italy’s right wing League leader Matteo Salvini failed to overturn decades of left of in the northern region of Emilia-Romagna last Sunday.

Matteo Salvini, the firebrand former deputy prime minister of Italy, is waiting in the wings to capitalise on Italy's dissatisfaction with the EU's response.

Matteo Salvini, the leader of the far-right League, which is striving to oust M5S in the next Rome mayoral elections in 2021, also joined in the criticisms.

Musumeci’s rhetoric echoes that of the former interior minister, Matteo Salvini, who is attempting to restart his stalled political career by calling for a halt to all migrant boats landing in Italian waters.

Pushed by the ‘sardines’ movement, PD candidate Stefano Bonaccini defeated Lega’s Borgonzoni in crucial regional elections, limiting the pressure on the government coalition from Salvini.

Salvini, addressing reporters earlier in Bologna, wasn’t ready to concede the contest, but his comments were far from the bluster of recent weeks.

Salvini’s La League party, which has a firm anti-immigration stance, is on the verge of a historic result in the upcoming elections.

Speaking on Italian state broadcaster Rai3, the far-right Matteo Salvini said he hoped Trump would be re-elected and appeared to try to spin the close race in the US against the lockdowns introduced in some European countries.

That brew could play right into the hands of Matteo Salvini, whose League party governed Italy in a coalition for a year until summer 2019 and who is determined to return quickly to power, to rule alone.

The Salvini coalition also came first in Emilia-Romagna in national elections in 2018 and again in European parliamentary elections last May.

The Sardines—a liberal grassroots movement promoting “civility”—has mobilised tens of thousands of people against Salvini.

Twice in six months, Matteo Salvini has hoped to topple the government from the sidelines.

After at least 48 migrants were killed at the weekend when their boat sank off Tunisia’s coast, Salvini said there was no reason for people to be fleeing Tunisia which was “a free and democratic country”.

Although the PD and M5S have been at each other's throats for years, the traditional foes have a motive for compromise -- power and kicking Salvini out of government.

Both parties blamed each other for the deep divisions in the coalition, prompting Salvini to call for new elections.