Matteo Salvini tempting Poles and Hungarians with new faction in EP
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Italian League leader Matteo Salvini said on Tuesday (March 9) that he is talking to Polish and Hungarian politicians about the creation of a new faction in the European Parliament. Last week, after leaving the faction of the European People's Party in the European Parliament, Viktor Orbán announced the creation of a new version of the "European right". It is to be based on Christian values, reject migrants, and ‘LGBTIQ insanity’.
League leader Matteo Salvini said he was “working to build a new European group. I am in touch with Poles and Hungarians ”. In the case of Poles, it is about PiS, while in Hungary – about Viktor Orbán's Fidesz. At the same time, the former deputy prime minister and minister of internal affairs of Italy assured that his party did not intend to join the European People's Party.
Salvini admitted that on Monday (March 8) he met with the Hungarian Consul General in Milan. The politician emphasized that something new is needed because the current model of Europe cannot respond to crises. In the European Parliament, the League belongs to the Identity and Democracy (ID) group, which includes the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the French National Union led by Marine Le Pen.
