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".
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