Northern League Leader Matteo
Salvini on Thursday railed against the European Court of Human
Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, saying that it was "useless".
"I would close the Strasbourg court, it serves no purpose,
we pay it to hand down one idiotic sentence after another," said
Salvini, who is also a member of the European parliament.
He spoke in an interview with Mediaset broadcaster Canale
5.
On Tuesday, the ECHR said Italy condoned "torture" during a
police raid against anti-globalization protesters at the G8
summit in Genoa in 2001.
That spurred the government to move quickly on legislation
introducing torture into the criminal code.
Salvini said the Northern League is against the bill.
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