Anti-immigrant and anti-euro
Northern League leader Matteo Salvini on Monday announced he
would push to become undisputed leader of Italy's divided centre
right.
Announcing a "national mobilisation" November to oust
centre-left Premier Matteo Renzi, Salvini mocked former Milan
mayoral candidate Stefano Parisi, recently tapped by former
premier Silvio Berlusconi to lead efforts to rally Italy's
fragmented conservatives.
"I thought he was an AC Milan player, then I realised (who
he was). But I don't understand what he wants to do..." said
Salvini, whose far-right party has long led Berlusconi's
centre-right Forza Italia in opinion polls.
Sporting a police T-shirt, Salvini also said it was time to
"free the cities of illegal immigrants, let's give the police a
free hand".
Police union SIAP criticised Salvini's statements and his
decision to wear the T-shirt for the second year running in his
traditional mid-August address to the faithful at the northern
town of Ponte di Legno.
Police officers vote for all parties, not just rightwing
ones, SIAP said.
Milan, poi ho capito. Ma non capisco cosa vuol fare...'. Salvini
è salito sul palco del consueto comizio di Ferragosto a
Pontedilegno indossando una maglietta della Polizia di Stato:
'Liberiamo le città dai clandestini, mani libere alla Polizia'.
Immediata la reazione dei sindacati: 'Un atto gravissimo, giù le
mani dalle forze dell'ordine'.
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