Nationalist parties from across Europe held a rally on Saturday, led by Italian ...
MILAN - 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.
Hundreds of opponents gathered on the sidelines, their boos, jeers and whistles sometimes drowning out the speakers. “Fascists leave Milan,” they chanted as Salvini took the stage. However, the gathering in front of Milan’s gothic cathedral was overshadowed by a scandal engulfing one of Salvini’s most prominent allies, Austria’s Freedom Party, whose leader quit on Saturday as government vice-chancellor after he was videoed offering state contracts in exchange for political support.
“We say no to this immigration which has submerged our nations, putting our people at risk,” she said, playing up an issue that has helped fuel support for nationalist groups.Recent polls suggest Salvini’s alliance will end up with the fourth largest bloc of seats in the next EU parliament, but Le Pen said a number of other parties might eventually join it, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party, which is currently anchored to Europe’s mainstream right.
But they often have different social and economic policies, including budgetary discipline, meaning they might struggle to put forward a coherent policy agenda.
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