Italy anti-immigration rally draws thousands in Rome

[TomandJerry]

Thousands of supporters of Italy's Northern League have poured into one of Rome's biggest squares for a rally against immigration, the EU and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's government.

League leader Matteo Salvini accused Mr Renzi of substituting the country's interests to those of the EU.

He also criticised the government's record in dealing with Romanian truck drivers, tax, banks and big business.

A large counter-demonstration against Mr Salvini was also held in Rome.

Opinion polls suggest that Mr Salvini is rapidly gaining in popularity.




They show him as being second only to Mr Renzi, prompting some to dub him as "the other Matteo".

The Northern League was once a strong ally of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, but it has sought to find new allies as he struggles to shake off a tax fraud conviction that forced him out of parliament.

Mr Salvini's fiery rhetoric against the European Union, immigration and austerity politics had led to comparisons being drawn between him and French National Front leader Marine Le Pen.

The counter-demonstration staged by an alliance of leftist parties, anti-racism campaigners and gay rights groups was held only a few hundred metres from the Northern League rally.

Many protested under the banner "Never with Salvini".

'Foolish servant'

"The problem isn't Renzi, Renzi is a pawn, Renzi is a dumb slave, at the disposal of some nameless person who wants to control all our lives from Brussels," Mr Salvini told the rally at the Piazza del Popolo.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Italy is dealing with hundreds of thousands of refugees who are fleeing the wars and massacres in Syria and Libya. The problem is that the rest of Europe has, largely, decided to leave them to sort it out when we should be down there trying to help them.

 

[London Irish]

The northern league have always been racist scum, though usually directed at southerners - no surprise they hate immigrants too if they even hate other Italians

 

[Soulman]

Thousands of supporters of Italy's Northern League have poured into one of Rome's biggest squares for a rally against immigration, the EU and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's government.

League leader Matteo Salvini accused Mr Renzi of substituting the country's interests to those of the EU.

He also criticised the government's record in dealing with Romanian truck drivers, tax, banks and big business.

A large counter-demonstration against Mr Salvini was also held in Rome.

Opinion polls suggest that Mr Salvini is rapidly gaining in popularity.




They show him as being second only to Mr Renzi, prompting some to dub him as "the other Matteo".

The Northern League was once a strong ally of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, but it has sought to find new allies as he struggles to shake off a tax fraud conviction that forced him out of parliament.

Mr Salvini's fiery rhetoric against the European Union, immigration and austerity politics had led to comparisons being drawn between him and French National Front leader Marine Le Pen.

The counter-demonstration staged by an alliance of leftist parties, anti-racism campaigners and gay rights groups was held only a few hundred metres from the Northern League rally.

Many protested under the banner "Never with Salvini".

'Foolish servant'

"The problem isn't Renzi, Renzi is a pawn, Renzi is a dumb slave, at the disposal of some nameless person who wants to control all our lives from Brussels," Mr Salvini told the rally at the Piazza del Popolo.

Seems that other countries are catching on, and the people are acting. Meanwhile in England the Socialist Workers Party,Unison.The Socialist Alliance,Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Class War and no doubt the UAF and the great unwashed, turned up in Margate opposing UKIP...

 

[Hampster Gull]

Would never have happened with the Romans

 

[London Irish]

Seems that other countries are catching on, and the people are acting. Meanwhile in England the Socialist Workers Party,Unison.The Socialist Alliance,Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Class War and no doubt the UAF and the great unwashed, turned up in Margate opposing UKIP...

Rubbish - the swing in Europe is to left as we've seen in Greece - and Spain will be next this year by electing Podemos. Your facist tart Le Pen has no chance of gaining power in France thanks to the electoral system there meaning she has to get 51% - not even French conservatives are that stupid.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Italy is dealing with hundreds of thousands of refugees who are fleeing the wars and massacres in Syria and Libya. The problem is that the rest of Europe has, largely, decided to leave them to sort it out when we should be down there trying to help them.

I agree entirely. We're all in it together or at least should be.

 

[Ferring Marine]

Seems that other countries are catching on, and the people are acting. Meanwhile in England the Socialist Workers Party,Unison.The Socialist Alliance,Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Class War and no doubt the UAF and the great unwashed, turned up in Margate opposing UKIP...

Damn Papists

 

[Soulman]

Rubbish - the swing in Europe is to left as we've seen in Greece - and Spain will be next this year by electing Podemos. Your facist tart Le Pen has no chance of gaining power in France thanks to the electoral system there meaning she has to get 51% - not even French conservatives are that stupid.

I said "other countries are catching on, and the people are acting."......meaning they are acting against the amount of immigration, nothing stated about left/right or fascist, just the demo.

 

[RexCathedra]

Would never have happened with the Romans

It did, actually.
Roving bands of asylum-seekers, heavily armed in some cases, were what those colored arrows in the history books neatly labeled "Goths", "Ostragoths" "Vandals", etc. usually were.
They weren't bent on destruction, except perhaps the Huns, but on access to the good things inside the empire -- in fact they usually swapped residency permission and some land for service in the Roman army as an irregular frontier force.

Think 200,000 Gurkhas on the move, with families, in caravans...

 

[Dick Head]

The northern league have always been racist scum, though usually directed at southerners - no surprise they hate immigrants too if they even hate other Italians

Word.

La Lega Nord

 

[RexCathedra]

Word.

La Lega Nord

La Lega Nord was originally an anti-immigrant party only to the extent that you think of the north as your country, the real "Italy", and workers migrating to Turin and MIlan from Calabria, Campania, Sicily, as foreigners.

They're equally against Pugliese and such coming north, and any system of subsidies and transfer payments designed to keep them down south.
Rather like an upside-down England.

 

[Hampster Gull]

It did, actually.
Roving bands of asylum-seekers, heavily armed in some cases, were what those colored arrows in the history books neatly labeled "Goths", "Ostragoths" "Vandals", etc. usually were.
They weren't bent on destruction, except perhaps the Huns, but on access to the good things inside the empire -- in fact they usually swapped residency permission and some land for service in the Roman army as an irregular frontier force.

Think 200,000 Gurkhas on the move, with families, in caravans...

Exactly

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I agree entirely. We're all in it together or at least should be.

That's why we need to get out of the EU
regards
DR

 

[looney]

Rubbish - the swing in Europe is to left as we've seen in Greece - and Spain will be next this year by electing Podemos. Your facist tart Le Pen has no chance of gaining power in France thanks to the electoral system there meaning she has to get 51% - not even French conservatives are that stupid.

The swing has been to exstremes, populists and anti EU parties, the Economist intelligence Unit predicted upsets in Greece, France and the UK(poss sweden?).

Oh and looking at some of the run of polls BEFORE Charlie Hebdo show that hallande would be in serious trouble against Le Pen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_French_presidential_election,_2017

 

[Dave the OAP]

I agree entirely. We're all in it together or at least should be.

Yes but if you watch South East today, they demonise the poor sods in the streets of Calais trying to get to England almost every night. They reported last week that in the camp there was doctors, lawyers, nurses etc who were fleeing Syria.

Not sure we are taking these people at all?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Yes but if you watch South East today, they demonise the poor sods in the streets of Calais trying to get to England almost every night. They reported last week that in the camp there was doctors, lawyers, nurses etc who were fleeing Syria.

Not sure we are taking these people at all?

**** 'em. We don't need to worry about mankind.

Why did the Victorians even bother with special needs. They are just more people to suck out money for nothing.

Leeches.

 

[BadFish]

I said "other countries are catching on, and the people are acting."......meaning they are acting against the amount of immigration, nothing stated about left/right or fascist, just the demo.

So where do you suggest the refugees go?

btw I am not sure you should be commenting on things going on in Italy as you don't even live there

 

[The Spanish]

So where do you suggest the refugees go?

btw I am not sure you should be commenting on things going on in Italy as you don't even live there

I suggest Sussex takes a million. That would help spread the burden. Perhaps 50-100000 in the Brighton area. There seems to be some solid support for taking people in on here so let's test that sentiment.

 

[Soulman]

So where do you suggest the refugees go?

btw I am not sure you should be commenting on things going on in Italy as you don't even live there

Not commenting on Italy really, just stated other countries.