The leader of Italy's
anti-immigrant Northern League party on Tuesday launched a fresh
attack on Premier Matteo Renzi, slamming him for comments
comparing right-wing supporters to beasts over their approach to
migration.
On Sunday, Renzi, leader of the centre-left Democratic
Party (PD), told an audience at a political rally that in the
immigration crisis, "it's not the PD against the right, it's
humans against beasts".
League leader Matteo Salvini told Italian Radio 24 that
Renzi was a "rat" for making the allegedly insulting comments
about Italians.
"You can attack Salvini, that's ok, but if you call those
who want rules on immigration beasts, then you are a rat. If you
are the premier then govern, don't insult Italians," he said.
"Some dogs are more intelligent than some men, even some
men in the government," Salvini added.
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