The Latest Breaking News from Matteo Salvini

Italy pushes crackdown on migrants reaching its shores

Italy’s right-wing government is pressing ahead with plans to crack down on migrants after hundreds arrived in the last few days

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023

Berlusconi transferred from ICU to regular ward, family says

Italian media say former Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been transferred from an intensive care unit to a regular ward at a Milan hospital

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2023

Portugal party Chega sets far-right world summit with Brazil's Bolsonaro, Italy's Salvini

Portuguese party Chega will hold a world summit in Lisbon with several far-right party leaders in May, including former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, the president of Chega said on Friday.

Reuters · Apr 7, 2023

Europe’s far right praise UK’s illegal migration bill

Alternative für Deutschland leaders were among those lauding Sunak’s bill, while other EU figures raised doubts about its legality

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2023

Protests as Meloni cabinet meets near scene of deadly shipwreck

Italian ministers approve tougher laws against people-smugglers during meeting in Cutro

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2023

Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ plans receive far-right backing in Europe

Italy’s Matteo Salvini praised the plan as ‘harsh but fair’.

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Italian PM Meloni in Kyiv amid tensions over war within her coalition

PM to reassert support for Ukraine after coalition partner Silvio Berlusconi blamed Volodymyr Zelenskiy for Russia’s invasion

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023

How Italy is learning from the UK’s Brexit mistakes

Senior Italian government officials say that the economic and social turbulence in Britain that has followed the withdrawal from the EU has been eye-opening, writes Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

Zelenskiy's planned appearance at Italian song fest sparks criticism

A planned guest appearance by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at Italy's biggest showbiz event - the Sanremo song festival - is attracting cross-party criticism in a country where public support for Kyiv's war effort is at best lukewarm.

Reuters · Jan 27, 2023

In pushing away migrants, Giorgia Meloni forgets there was also a time when Italians weren't welcome

Georgia Meloni, leader of Italy’s post-fascist party Fratelli d'Italia, became prime minister last September, and she wasted little time in setting the new government’s tone on immigration. On November 4, the country closed its ports to rescue ships, blocking more than a thousand migrants, and since then Meloni’s stance hasn’t…

The Conversation · Jan 19, 2023