Italian Deputy Premier and
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, the leader of the Euroskeptic
League party, said on Monday he shared the same idea of Europe
as the leader of France's rightist nationalist Rassemblement
National, lawmaker Marine Le Pen.
"We share the same idea of Europe, of agriculture, of work,
of the fight against immigration", Salvini said during a
congress of labor union UGL on 'Economic growth and social
perspectives in a Europe of Nations' attended by the French
politician.
"We are against the enemies of Europe, who are (Jean-Claude)
Juncker and (Pierre) Moscovici, closed in the bunker of
Brussels", added Salvini of the European Commission president
and the European economic affairs commissioner, who have both
urged the Italian government to abide by the EU's budget rules
and avoid deviating from the goals agreed with Brussels.
Le Pen for her part told the congress that the "EU has
trampled on the values of solidarity: we are now at an historic
moment".
"In May we will succeed in reaching a Union that kicks off
with new values against globalization", she said of European
elections scheduled at the end of May next year.
Salvini said he shared "values, principles, coherence, pride"
with Le Pen.
"At the end of May, we well have a revolution of common
sense".
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