Salvini: ‘Vannacci is “ungrateful”, it’s a shame that he occupies the Lega’s seat in Brussels’

Rome, 4 February (LaPresse) – “Vannacci’s departure? I’m not upset about it anymore. I quote from the book by Professor Parsi, who recently passed away, “Ingrati” (Ungrateful). I cannot tolerate when everyone is attacking everyone else, so we defended Vannacci and brought him into all our communities. His thanks were “I’m keeping my seat, greetings to all”. Finished, case closed. I regret that he occupies a seat in Brussels that voters had intended for the League. Fortunately, I have other things to think about. Online membership has exceeded a thousand since yesterday, so perhaps there are still people for whom somewhat outdated terms such as honour and loyalty still mean something’. This was Minister Matteo Salvini’s response to journalists’ questions on the sidelines of a press conference organised in the Chamber of Deputies to vote “yes” to the referendum on justice.