05/04/2019 (Agence Europe) – Marine Le Pen, the president of the French party Rassemblement National, and her ally, Matteo Salvini, the Italian Minister of the Interior, announced that a “very large meeting” will be held in Italy in mid-May to bring together “all the allies of the Europe of Nations and Freedom group” in the European Parliament. The decision was taken on Friday 5 April, during a meeting between Mrs Le Pen and Mr Salvini in Paris to discuss the European campaign, and the themes and activities associated with it, according to the statement published by the Rassemblement National. In Milan on Monday 8 April, Mr Salvini will launch a call to establish the largest possible group within the European Parliament (see EUROPE 12228/7). In Strasbourg on 15 April, Marine Le Pen will present her party's manifesto to the press in preparation for the European elections. (MF)