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The story is followed by the local media here
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It is featuring in all the papers here in Italy. But yes, as you mentioned, one of the first and very swift reactions
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came from the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Far Right League Party
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Mateo Salvini, calling it a declaration of war on the part of Brussels
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in a post on social media. He said that it was like a bad film that he was also seeing in other countries
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such as the case in Romania. He specifically mentioned. Now, in Romania, of course
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you had a far-right presidential candidate who was eventually removed from running
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in the second round of elections because the electoral office basically deemed
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that he was perhaps that there was some interference on the part of Russia
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and also because there was a feeling that there was too much promotion on social media
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So he made reference to, that particular case But he said that she also being excluded in a time where there are warlike impulses from the light of the leader of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen as well as the
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French Prime Minister, which he claimed are frightening. But he claimed very strongly, we will
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not be intimidated and called on his friend Marine Le Pen to continue. Now, the other coalition
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partners in Italy's right-wing government, that is the Prime Minister, Georgia Meloni
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as well as leaders from Forza Italia, basically didn't have such a quick response
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We are hearing now, though, in a newspaper interview, Ms. Maloney saying that she's not sure of the details of the court's decision
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but those who love democracy, she said, cannot rejoice from such a decision
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So really, the far-right leaders here, let's not forget, Mr. Salvini, is in partnership at the European Parliament
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with the likes of Marine Le Pen, as well as other far-right leaders around Europe, which also came out in her support
