It would be "madness for the
European People's Party (EPP) to eject Hungarian Premier Viktor
Orban, Interior Minister and League leader Matteo Salvini said
Monday.
Salvini said he had sent a message to Orban and he was a
League "interlocutor".
If the EPP goes ahead with its mooted expulsion, Salvini
said, it would a "bizarre choice" ad "madness".
Salvini added that the League would be a "continental
reference force" in the May European elections.
He said there would be a rally in Rome with European allies
including Orban in mid-April.
"We have the responsibility to be the be the first political
force in this country and after May 26 the Italian political
force of reference at a continental level".
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