Tag: Salvini

Italy’s Salvini backs suspended general who called gays ‘not normal’

Italy’s deputy prime minister and leader of the right-wing Lega, Matteo Salvini, has given his full backing to General Roberto Vannacci, who has been suspended from his post after making derogatory comments about homosexuals and others. With Vannacci at his side, Salvini presented his new book, “Controvento” (Headwind), in Rome on Tuesday. Vanacci will stand […]

Italy’s Salvini survives censure vote over Russia ties

The Italian opposition’s censure motion against Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini over his far-right party’s stance toward Russia has failed. After hours of debate in the Chamber of Deputies in Rome on Wednesday evening, the leader of the League party easily survived the no-confidence motion brought by three centre-right parties. A total of 209 lawmakers […]