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Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has pointed to Hungary’s stellar economic reform under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as a model for Italy and Europe.

Many practicing Catholics prefer the immigration policies of Italian Minister Matteo Salvini to those of Pope Francis, according to a series of recent polls.

The flow of third world migrants must be brought to a halt, European leaders said over the weekend, with Sebastian Kurz calling for EU nations to begin blocking boats from Africa.

Italian far left extremists have taken credit for the bombing of an office of the populist Lega party, with police finding and disarming a second explosive device.

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini expressed outrage in reaction to a video which showed a Roma woman use a baby to rob an elderly disabled Italian woman of her pension at a cash machine.

Tunisian authorities have arrested nine Islamist extremists who attempted to board a rubber boat to reach Italy across the Mediterranean on Monday.

Britain could be responsible for taking in 140 illegal migrants picked up by aid groups in the Mediterranean, Italy’s populist leaders have suggested.

Pro-mass migration civil society groups have confirmed that the Aquarius ship has resumed picking up migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, but has not yet attempted to disembark the illegals on European soil.

In his latest move to defend the traditional family, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has declared that future identification forms will ask for mother and father instead of “parent one” and “parent two”. The leader of the populist League Party

Uncontrolled immigration “leads to chaos, racism and social conflict,” said Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini in an interview Friday, whereas the “only antidote to racism” is regulated migration.

Italian military police arrested seven Gambian migrants in a sting operation in southern Italy early Tuesday morning, charging them with the sale of narcotics including to minors.

Matteo Salvini’s populist League (La Lega) has promised a comprehensive new pro-family government policy including child care and other policies to encourage Italians to have more children, with the plan being partially funded by a tax on migrants sending cash overseas.

The far-left pro-open borders association Baobab Experience has targetted populist anti-mass migration Interior Minister Matteo Salvini claiming he has been spreading “hate speech” with his rhetoric.

The bishop of Chioggia has criticized Catholic attacks on Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for his efforts to curb illegal immigration, noting that people’s frustration with Italy’s immigration situation “is not irrational.”

The number of migrant sea arrivals in populist Italy, so far in 2018, is down 80 percent compared to last year, whilst surging by over 350 percent in the same period in socialist Spain.

The Italian patriotic coalition has sent another shockwave through the country’s political establishment by appointing Marcello Foa, a populist supporter of Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, to head the public broadcaster Rai.

Between Monday and Tuesday, the Libyan Coast Guard reportedly rescued 611 migrants aboard several dinghies off the coast and took them back to the African mainland.

“I promised to defend the borders and I am doing it with all my energy and all the means at my disposal,” said Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini Monday.

Italy’s new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini is following Hungary’s Viktor Orbán in putting demographics at the heart of his programme, warning that a country which imports migrants instead of supporting families is “destined to die”.

Italy’s new Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has made a shock intervention in the Brexit negotiations, warning there is “no good faith” on the EU’s side.

Famiglia Cristiana, Italy’s top selling Catholic publication, has splashed a photo of Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on its cover this week, with the provocative caption “Get behind me, Salvini” — in Latin.

Populist Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has ordered that benefits for asylum seekers be substantially reduced saying the money saved will be given to police working overtime shifts instead.

Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro has voiced strong opposition to a proposed law that would mandate placing crucifixes in all public buildings, rejecting the bill as the politicization of a religious symbol.

Italy’s new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini has rejected an EU offer to pay out €6,000 for every new migrant they take.

The League party of Matteo Salvini has introduced a bill in the Italian parliament requiring crucifixes in all public buildings, including train stations, airports, universities, embassies, and — significantly — ports, Italian media reported this week.

ROME — An Italian bishop has said that he would be willing to see an end to Christianity and the dominion of Islam if it meant saving migrants’ lives, Italian media reported Monday.

A Catholic priest has used some of the strongest language to date in condemning Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, assuring the faithful that “we have before us the antichrist.”

“If governments do their job, the dirty business of illegal immigration can be stopped,” Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini announced Sunday.

Italy’s populist government has rejected the European Union’s (EU) latest migration plan, refusing to take in illegal migrants travelling by sea, as Libya rejects processing centres inside its borders.

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has announced his intention to form a grand alliance of populists from across Europe and create a majority in the European Parliament.

Spain leads European nations for new migrant arrivals in 2018 according to a new report from the International Organization for Migrants (IOM).

MOSCOW (AP) — Italy’s populist government is hoping to convince the European Union to lift sanctions against Russia but won’t rule out using its veto if diplomacy fails.

Some 450 African migrants have been transferred from a barge onto rescue ships Saturday morning, despite opposition from Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.

“Closing ports is certainly not the solution” to Italy’s migrant crisis, said Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin Wednesday.

David P. Goldman has written a bracing defense of Viktor Orbán’s government, insisting that Hungary is one of the friendliest places in the world for Jews and that any leader in his right mind would oppose the political machinations of George Soros.

ROME — Italy has witnessed a remarkable drop in new migrant arrivals in 2018, with numbers for the first half of the year 80 percent lower than over the same period last year.