Twelve extreme right-wing Eurosceptic parties responded on Saturday 18 May in Milan, at the invitation of Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini (see EUROPE B12230A22). But even before it began, the rally was marred by the scandal that hit its Austrian ally, the FPÖ.
There were between 30 and 40,000 supporters in Duomo Square, far from the 100,000 people expected by Matteo Salvini, according to several Italian media reports.
Alongside the leader of the Lega and the president of the...