Premier Matteo Renzi told the
Democratic Party (PD) executive body Monday not to underestimate
right-wing opponents.
"The new right...plays the immigration card in an
unscrupulous way, perhaps because we can and should do more for
outlying neighborhoods," he said.
"The PD must not underestimate the new right and it must
look them in the eye on issues that have always been slippery
ground for the left, such as immigration, on which we hold the
opposite view".
Renzi went on to quip about the rising star on the right,
separatist and anti-immigrant Northern League chief Matteo
Salvini.
"Salvini managed to make (French National Front leader
Marine) Le Pen ecstatic," said Renzi. "I imagine it couldn't
have been easy".
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