(ANSA) - Rome, March 21 - Anti-migrant Euroskeptic League
leader Matteo Salvini, one of the two winners of the March
general election, will meet US Ambassador Lewis Eisenberg on
Wednesday afternoon, the US embassy confirmed.
The ambassador, embassy sources said, plans to have talks to
all major Italian political leaders in the wake of the general
election, which produced a hung parliament.
"Ambassador Eisenberg welcomes the opportunity to hear from
Italian political leaders about their plans on Italy's future
and how Italy and the United States can continue to work
together to maintain strong transatlantic ties and ensure
economic growth," the embassy tweeted Wednesday.
Salvini's rightwing populist League scored 17.5% in the
election, passing its centre-right ally Forza Italia of
ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi which got 14%.
Salvini thus became the centre-right premier candidate.
The centre right coalition was the top alliance, getting 37%,
but not enough for a majority.
The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) led by Luigi Di
Maio was the other big winner in the vote, getting 32% to become
the top individual party, again without a majority.
Di Maio and Salvini have been holding talks to try to elect
parliamentary Speakers, the first task for the new parliament
which sits on Friday.
Salvini to meet US envoy (2)
Ambassador Eisenberg to meet all major party leaders