Lega, the Pontida crowd acclaims Vannacci, Orban and Wilders: “We are all patriots”

“It is not a crime to defend the borders.” The Pontida 2024 slogan focuses entirely on the leader Matteo Salvini and the ongoing proceedings in Catania which could sentence him to 6 years in prison. The secretary thus summons the leaders of the European right to the “sacred” lawn who respond to the appeal. The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the Dutch Geert Wilders, the Portuguese Andrè Ventura, the Austrian Marlene Svazek, the Spaniard Antonio Fuster arrive. But on the day when the Northern League people should rally around their secretary, the scene is all for General Roberto Vannacci, who attacks Tajani for the openings on citizenship and, in a crowd of journalists, lets slip that in the future he “would not rule out” one of his congressional motions. The day, as per tradition, passes between slogans and salaams, with the militants essentially in agreement on the choice to host the major nationalist leaders of Europe on what was the stage of secession.

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by Daniele Alberti and Andrea Lattanzi