Anti-establishment 5-Star
Movement (M5S) bigwig Luigi Di Maio on Monday dismissed media
speculation the M5S might team up with the anti-immigrant,
anti-euro Northern League and its ally the rightist Brothers of
Italy (FdI) party. "I don't know if some people drink in the
morning and start writing certain things: we're not going to
make alliances either with (League leader Matteo) Salvini or
(FdI leader Giorgia) Meloni," he said. M5S leader Beppe Grillo
grabbed headlines at the weekend by praising the leadership
qualities of US President Donald Trump and Russian President
Vladimir Putin. "International politics needs strong statesmen
like them," he said. "I deem it a benefit for humanity". Salvini
met at the weekend in Germany with fellow European rightwing
nationalist populists including Marine Le Pen and Gert Wilders.
Grillo is allied in Europe with the isolationist UKIP party of
Nigel Farage. Salvini, like those European leaders, is an
admirer of Trump and Putin.
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