Matteo Salvini

Meloni and her coalition partner Matteo Salvini of the far-right Lega party have pledged to stop migrant sailings across the Mediterranean...

Italy's Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini joined Serraj in blaming the LNA for the attack and UN special envoy Ghassan Salamé called for international action against those responsible saying it could count as a war crime...

Accused by Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini of having then tried to block an EU statement against the offensive and by the European Parliament's Italian president Antonio Tajani of having special interests in Libya the French authorities have been trying to distance themselves from allegations of having a foot in both Libyan camps...

The formation in Italy of a coalition government by the Lega and the Five Star Movement has elevated Lega's Matteo Salvini who promised during campaigning to deport half a million Africans to lead the interior ministry...