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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