On Saturday 23 March at an Identity and Democracy convention in Rome, the leader of Italy’s Lega party, Matteo Salvini, and the president of France’s Rassemblement National, Marine Le Pen, warned that they will not be supporting Ursula von der Leyen in standing for a second term as President of the European Commission.
“The voters who choose Legawill never choose a second term with von der Leyen and the socialists”, emphasised Salvini. “We will fight to have the greatest possible...