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Meanwhile, in Italy: Last night at a rally, Salvini said Europe needs rescuing now or it will become an Islamic caliphate.

Today, he asked children on stage at another rally, and said he wanted these children in Italy not prepackaged migrant ones that arrive on boats.
Salvini also said that he was against "substituting populations". (a far-right trope and conspiracy theory)

His far-right Lega party is polling on nearly 35% in the run up to the European Parliamentary elections.

Links:

agi.it/politica/salvi…

ilfattoquotidiano.it/2019/04/28/can…
What's extraordinary about Salvini's popularity is that Italy's economy is doing dreadfully, its influence in Europe and the wider world is waning, and his gov't has done little that resembles serious reforms, yet his propaganda continues to work.
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