The leader of Italy’s far-right League, Matteo Salvini, is facing calls to resign from senior figures within his party after a dramatic fall in its support in Sunday’s general election that saw it routed in its northern heartlands.
The party is a member of fellow far-right leader Giorgia Meloni’s triumphant coalition, but its share of the vote fell to 9% – an abysmal result for a party that in 2019 was polling at almost 40%.
