Salvini, Le Pen’s Parties May Back Joint Candidates

Rome: Italy’s ultra-rightwing League party and France’s far-right France’s National Rally party could form a “Freedom Front” that would pick joint candidates “for sensitive European posts”, League leader Matteo Salvini said on Monday. “We have shared a common project with (Marine) Le Pen for years,” Salvini said, referring to the National Rally’s party leader. “I believe the ‘Freedom Front’ will have a joint project for the next 30 years and also joint candidates including for sensitive roles,” he said during during a congress held in Rome by Italian labour union UGL, “Economic growth and social perspectives in a Europe of Nations”, also attended by Le Pen. “We share the same vision of Europe, agriculture, work and the fight against immigration,” Salvini stated. (IANS)