Matteo Salvini

…a government, and Lega leader Matteo Salvini was named interior minister. Salvini used his position to advance a nativist Euroskeptic platform, and he quickly emerged as the most visible face on the Italian right. Berlusconi, however, continued to pursue a political comeback by tacking to the centre and promoting a…

…technocratic government, and League leader Matteo Salvini called for a new election that would double as a de facto referendum on Italy’s membership in the European Union. In an effort to resolve the impasse, Berlusconi—as head of the right-wing bloc that included the League, Forza Italia, and the Brothers of…