Matteo Salvini's frontal attack on Emmanuel Macron at the convention of "Identity and democracy", the sovereignist political group of the European Parliament.

«With his words, Macron represents a danger for our country and for this continent . The problems are not mum and dad, but warmongers like Macron . I don't want to leave to my children a continent ready to enter the third world war", said the Minister of Transport speaking at the convention in Rome. "If the choice is between Macron's warmongering Europe and Le Pen's peaceful Europe, I'm with Le Pen for life."

Salvini reciprocated the endorsement of Le Pen , who spoke first at the same convention with a video message in which he invited Italians to vote for the League, "the only force that opposes an encore of Von der Leyen", and teased Giorgia Meloni.

«You know, dear Italian friends, that democracy does not just consist of putting a piece of paper in a plastic ballot box. Democracy is about knowing exactly what those you vote for will do and decide. But the real question I have is not for Italians. The real question is for the Italian prime minister: Giorgia. Yes, because we met in the past. Madam Prime Minister, will you or will you not support a second mandate for Mrs von der Leyen? I think so. And thus it will contribute to worsening the policies from which the people of Europe suffer so much ", said the leader of the Rassemblement National.

Le Pen then underlined that Salvini will be "the only candidate of the Italian right who will oppose Von der Leyen and his catastrophic policies" . And the leader of the League replied "to his friend" Le Pen: "I say it calmly, the voters who choose the League will never choose a second mandate with Von der Leyen and the socialists."

(Unioneonline/L)