Deputy Premier and Transport Minister
Matteo Salvini said Friday that he was in "total agreement" with
Premier Giorgia Meloni after MEPs from both his League party and
her Brothers of Italy (FdI) voted against European Commission
President Ursula von der Leyen's re-election on Thursday.
"I'm happy about the League-Brothers of Italy unity," said
Salvini, adding that he had been texting the premier.
On Thursday Salvini said von der Leyen's re-election was the
result of "yet another shady deal" and he repeated his
dissatisfaction with it on Friday.
"(It was) a big power agreement on sharing the spoils, based on
economic interests, that is a slap in the face of democracy," he
told Radio Libertà.
"Many voters voted for a change, but instead there is an
imbalance, with a shift to the Left.
"Yesterday was a negative day, economically and democratically".
The other main partner in Meloni's governing coalition, Deputy
Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani's centre-right Forza
Italia, voted in favour of von der Leyen getting a second term
at the helm of the EU executive.
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