Far-right opposition leaders in Italy, including League chief Matteo Salvini, met Tuesday with a few hundred activists to make the voices of those " who do not give up " heard and demand the government's resignation .
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This demonstration is " a symbolic gesture to make the voices of citizens who do not give up, those who demand a bureaucracy reduced to nothing, a year of fiscal peace and a reduction in taxes to 15% and a real reform of justice " heard , warned Matteo Salvini on Facebook. Prohibited from large-scale gatherings due to sanitary measures, around a thousand activists held a 500-meter Italian flag on Via del Corso, the central artery of Rome which leads to Piazza Del Popolo.
The demonstration, announced as a silent sit-in and respectful of physical distancing, quickly turned into a procession preceded by Matteo Salvini, Giorgia Meloni, patron of the other far-right party Fratelli d'Italia, and Antonio Tajani , number 2 of Forza Italia, left party of Silvio Berlusconi. This is the first public outing for Matteo Salvini in a rally since the new coronavirus epidemic hit the peninsula in mid-February.
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It took place on National Day, shortly after the official celebrations organized in the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. According to a last poll relayed by the local news agency AGI, the three parties are credited with 47% of the voting intentions, against 36% with the government majority formed by the Democratic Party (20%) and the Anti-System Movement 5 Stars (M5S) for 16%. " The Italians need money right away when we are promised the recovery fund in 2021, " said Matteo Salvini, referring to the European recovery plan of 750 billion euros to make facing the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Italy, particularly affected by the epidemic with nearly 33,500 dead, will be the main beneficiary of this plan, with 172,754 billion euros in grants and loans.
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" We are here on behalf of Italians forgotten in recent months and victims of discrimination, there is a prejudice against the private sector, the self-employed, there can be no forgotten Italian workers ". He also said he was opposed to the regularization of migrants, decided by the government by granting a temporary residence permit to several hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants working in the agricultural sector and home helpers.
