Anti-Northern League protesters
blocked traffic in Flaminio square, a busy tram and bus stop
area just outside the capital's central Piazza del Popolo.
The protesters lit flares, unfurled banners saying "We
Reject Salvini", and are carried an inflatable boat in
solidarity with refugees and asylum seekers sailing across the
Mediterranean in unsafe boats.
Matteo Salvini, the head of the anti-immigrant, regionalist
and anti-euro Northern League party, will attend a party rally
in Piazza del Popolo on Saturday.
This has sparked a mobilization from leftwing grassroots
movements, unions, and opposition parties, who vowed to march
tomorrow under the banner "Never With Salvini".
Police in riot gear have encircled the protesters and
blocked access to Piazza del Popolo.
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