Matteo Salvini: Italy's far-right success story

Deutsche Welle Monday, 5 March 2018 ()
The Lega Nord chief has said he has a "right" to govern after winning 17 percent of the vote in national elections. DW looks at the man who unseated the twenty-year leader of Italy's far-right party.
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