(ANSA) - Rome, July 17 - Deputy Premier and far-right
nationalist League party leader Matteo Salvini said Wednesday he
was "concerned" about the election of Ursula von der Leyen as
European Commission president.
"We saw a president of the European Commission indicated by
Merkel and backed by Macron, Renzi and Berlusconi and the
5-Stars, leaning very far to the left on some issues like
economic growth and border control, we are concerned," said the
Interior Minister, who has instituted a closed-ports policy for
migrant rescue NGO ships.
"She passed by nine votes, it's as if in Italy there was a
PD-FI-M5S government, what change does she represent?
"I'm proud of the coherence and loyalty shown by the MEPs of
the League (in not voting for her".
Salvini says concerned by von der Leyen
'Very left-leaning' says deputy PM and League leader