Matteo Salvini

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian Senate decided on Tuesday to delay to next week further debate of an ongoing government crisis, frustrating a push by Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right League party, for new elections Salvini pulled the plug on his ruling …

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Tuesday he would accept a proposal by ruling coalition partner the 5-Star Movement to slash the number of members of parliament, as long as elections were held immediately afterwards. Sal…

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Tuesday he was working to prevent two rescue ships operated by French and Spanish charities from bringing more than 500 migrants to Italy in the latest Mediterranean stand-off. The Ocean Viki…

Matteo Salvini, Italy's deputy prime minister, could not have chosen a worse moment for both the Italian and the European economies to trigger an Italian political crisis. Global economic policymakers and investors would be ignoring Italy's deteriorating pol…

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s center-left Democratic Party (PD) is open to discuss various solutions to the current government crisis and the way forward will be set by the head of state Sergio Mattarella, PD Senate Leader Andrea Marcucci said on Monday. Speakin…

Lega Nord party leader and deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini is waging an unofficial election campaign from the beach, according to some political commentators in Italy. Parliament is closed for summer holidays yet the government is in crisis. On Thursday…

She is a staunch admirer of Marine Le Pen in France and Viktor Orban in Hungary, praising the latter for defending the Christian identity of Europe and saying no to the process of forced Islamisation. Her admiration for Mussolini and his 20 years of Fascist …

Image copyrightEPAImage caption Richard Gere called on the Italian government to stop "demonising people" Hollywood star Richard Gere has called upon the Italian government to assist migrants who have been stranded on a Spanish charity boat in the Mediterr…

MILAN (Reuters) - The leader of Italy’s League Matteo Salvini, who this week pulled the plug on his own governing coalition and called for a snap election, said on Saturday leaving the euro was not an option on the table. La Repubblica daily, which is close…

Italy's far-right League has filed a no-confidence motion to bring down its own governing coalition, a move that the party's populist chief, Matteo Salvini, hopes will trigger snap elections and install him as the nation's new leader. It is unclear when the …