Dear German government, I'm not reopening the ports ... if anything we're going to put ... (the migrants) in a car and take them to the German embassy, if someone is used to considering Italy a dumping site for all the problems Europe pretends not to see, that's over. And this applies to the French and the Dutch.

Matteo Salvini

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In Italy there are 5 million legal migrants. They're integrated, and they're welcome. The problem of the Muslim presence is increasingly worrying. There are more and more clashes, more and more demands. And I doubt the compatibility of Italian law with Muslim law, because it's not just a religion but a law. And problems can be seen in Great Britain as well as in Germany, so reassessing our coexistence is fundamental.

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We don't need a strongman. But we need a strong country that is not subordinate to Europe. With its own currency, for example.

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Statistics tell us that of the 500,000 people who arrived, those who are granted political asylum are more or less 10 percent. I mean those who are fleeing from war, from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, parts of Nigeria. Welcoming them, in all of these cases, is our duty. For illegals, though, expulsion is needed.

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I'm a federalist. I believe in the Italy of municipalities, of the Renaissance, not in Mussolini's centralization.

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Good relations with Russia are great news. Putting a stop to the [Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership] is great news. Defending American industry against the invasion of Chinese products. Renegotiating the role of NATO. And a similar approach on the issue of immigration. This is all great news.

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If tomorrow morning Brussels should decide to let Turkey in, Italians wouldn't be free to oppose it, neither in Parliament nor through a referendum. A

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The euro is a failed currency, a wrong currency, a failed experiment.

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First of all we need to move past the euro.

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I don't believe that either fascism or communism is the solution or that they may come back on this earth.

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We need to push our border across the Mediterranean - hoping that Libya can find a new balance as soon as possible.

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Italians cannot vote on international treaties.

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In Italy there are two emergencies. This is what I hear, and this is what all the stats say. Employment and security.

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If Rome gets to decide everything for the north and for the south, it's not a good and just thing.

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south rome ifs

I don't understand why Italians should be bound to Brussels's choices without being able to express themselves through a referendum.

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referendums able choices

The only thing that unites them( M5S and PD) is their hatred of the League, the truth is that 60 million Italians are being held hostage by 100 parliamentarians who are dead scared of losing their seats.

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Are we or are we not a sovereign country, free to protect its borders, its beaches !

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Spanish NGO, Spanish ship, Spanish port: The coherence and strength of Italy has paid off. We are no longer the refugee camp of Europe.

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With our government (pension reform plans) are untouchable... it will rather be necessary to reassess the citizen's income.

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We close in style, with the promise made to Italians, we will cut 345 lawmakers and then, for the sake of dignity, honesty and coherence, we will go straight to a vote.

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The goal of the next government is to set a 15% tax rate for many Italians. If the European Union lets us do it so much the better, if not we'll do it anyway.

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