Matteo Salvini

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s coalition parties have pushed back against criticism of proposals to issue special government bonds to help pay state debts, highlighting growing tensions within the heart of the cabinet. The so-called “mini-BOT” scheme, named after…

European Union flags (Reuters) The European Commission will launch disciplinary procedures against Italy on Wednesday with a letter stating that Rome’s fiscal policies lack prudence and could expose the nation to a shock loss of market confidence, newspaper …

ROME (AP) Italy’s deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini is warning that a government crisis will be unavoidable if his League party cannot start working constructively with the 5-Star Movement, its coalition partner, within 15 days. Premier Giuseppe Conte thr…

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Monday said he was ready to resign unless the two parties in the governing populist coalition - the League and the Five Star Movement - stopped squabbling. "I am asking both these political forces to make a choice and…

If mixing religion and politics is a tricky affair, keeping them separate is nearly impossible. Matteo Salvini, Italys deputy prime minister and leader of La Lega party, made headlines on May 26 by kissing the rosary, invoking the patron saints of Europe, an…

Pope Francis said Sunday politicians should “never sow hatred and fear” in an answer to a question about Matteo Salvini, Italy’s strongman and leader of the far-right. The pontiff told journalists on the return leg of a three-day trip to Romania that it woul…

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis made an impassioned plea for Europe to stick together and revive the ideals of its founders on Sunday, saying ideologies and fear-mongering politicians were threatening its very existence as a bloc. His commen…

Italys far-right League leader Matteo Salvini made headlines with his election campaign promises to fill planes and send immigrants home but it is no secret that the number of so-called repatriations hasnt risen. In fact, under his tenure as Interior Ministe…

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Supreme court on Thursday banned the sale of many widely sold cannabis derivatives, in a win for Deputy Prime Minister and far-right League leader Matteo Salvini who had declared war on the so-called "legal-weed" shops. Under 2016 le…

Italys Matteo Salvini suffered a double setback on Thursday after one of his ministers was convicted of corruption and Hungarys Viktor Orban shunned an offer to join a new nationalist grouping in the European Parliament. Mr Salvini, the deputy prime minister…