Northern League leader
Matteo Salvini said Monday that he was proud of being associated
with Marine Le Pen's National Front and other allied parties
across Europe.
"Marine Le Pen's party is the top one in France and the
same goes for the Dutch in the Netherlands and the Austrians in
Austria. We do not want to do things alone; we want to unite the
center-right and challenge (Premier Matteo) Renzi," Salvini said
during a press conference to comment on the results of the
runoff vote.
The League's results were mixed, losing one-time
strongholds like Varese and many other Lombard towns to the
Democratic Pary (PD) but beating the PD in unlikely places like
Grosseto.
Overall, the vote confirmed that when the League ran alone
it did worse than when it was together with sometime ally Forza
Italia of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi.
Salvini has been vying for leadership of the centre right
with Berlusconi - now recovering from heart surgery - for some
time.
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