but you will mr salvini says that we need a new europe and i support his concept. share his view i too think that we need a new chapter. but the success of the populist insurgency may well come down to whether salvini can turn friendship into partnership. was noticeably absent when soviet populist gathered for a final rally in milan last week. the rain drenched crowd testament to the scale of the populist push by. the mean a crushing the mom casting himself as europe's salvation. by a rising tide of under and resentment. right well one of the populist parties we saw in that report is germany's a.f.d. and the partial results that we have here in germany show them coming in a little above 10 percent less than they had hoped for still very much shaping discourse in the campaign ahead of the vote are brussels the bureau chief max hoffman has a member of the f.t. there to speak to max please take it away. that's right so me i have. here with me a member of the a.f.c. and as he said before if he's so far had one seat in the european parliament and now they're poised to g

but first let's hear from matteo salvini, leader of the five star party.s the first party in britain, so italy, france, great britain. it is the sign ofa france, great britain. it is the sign of a europe that is changing, europe tired of the powers of the elites, finance and multinationals. and from tomorrow we will have to redouble our efforts. mall tales of any there. let's go to rome and speak to no other mcgovern —— matteo salvini, while the mcgovern i think some people are taking a look at the 3.6% and wondering exactly what will matteo salvini go with that number. we have had some sound problems with the line there in rome. we will come back to you in a moment. let's crossover the continents and go to germany. it was a good election there for the greens as we mentioned earlier. chancellor angela merkel‘s centre—right christian democrats had their worst—ever performance in european elections. meanwhile, the centre—left social democrats also did poorly, coming third. and do we have the share? and we can see this year there. the greens 21%, up see this

and present himself as a counterpoint to le pen and salvini.we live in a world of migration i don't believe in walls and. in the. back in legal citizens meeting without all the presidential razzmatazz are still discussing the same issues ecology democracy taxes. to my party see. her as often accused of being a president of the big cities giving people a voice at the local level is important which means. everyone has something to discuss here. but one and she is still seems to dominate emanuel mark hall seen by his critics as the president of the rich since the abolition of the wealth tax. with some i think the abolition of the wealth tax is good others don't but maybe a higher tax should be levied on luxury goods that anybody needs above with up was for the problem is that we tax very little of the assets that consist of enormous blocks of stocks so people constantly make up to 10 percent return in share trading was a lot of. it was about macand they say later now has to prove that he has got the message. his town hall dialogues have raised exp

correspondent thomas thomas salvini spoke a short while ago what exactly did he have to say exactly was around 1 in the morning when salvini stormed into this room here in the party headquarters and without accepting any questions he spoke about a moment of responsibility in italy about historic mission to defend its release interests into these values and he once again demonstrated that for him this goes well beyond it to these borders it is something international and he spoke about the results in france and the results in the united kingdom for faraj i spoke about a sign that that means that europe is changing as far as the internal politics in each of the concern because again there has been speculation about what the results could mean for italy's governing coalition he said that he will be back to work in rome tomorrow and that he does not see the coalition partners as enemies but that his adversities are on the left side of the political spectrum so for him back to work tomorrow after this result that he described obviously as one very important one for his fox. thomas salvini on

so isn't matteo salvini correct, is europe changing?o of italy comes first is important. he is going to focus on ensuring that sovereignty remains to italy, that sovereignty remains to italy, that europe cannot decide over everything, but we will have to see how the plays out in europe with the number of seats he has and everybody else has. it's going to take some time before we actually understand just how many representatives of strength italy will have in europe. during the campaign, did he give any indication of exactly how he will align his party with other block across the eu? yes, he had a gathering in milan and he has plans tojoin up gathering in milan and he has plans to join up with other populist parties from other countries in europe so it's likely he will move forward the big issues for matteo salvini are immigration. he has closed italian ports and he is not about to change that. he has asked for europe to do more. europe has failed to do more and this is an issue he will not budge on. we will not see any change, i think,

matteo salvini pretty happy after that. first in italy. marine le pen has the first party in france. nigel farage is the first party in britain. so italy, france and great britain. it is a sign of a europe that is changing, a europe tired of the powers of the elites, finance, multinationals, and from tomorrow we will have to redouble our efforts. we canjoin we can join nuala we canjoin nuala in rome, she's been monitoring this. for mr salvini, a very good result domesticly, let's start from that perspective. definitely. when it comes to these european parliament elections that you've been covering over the past day, what we're really seeing is when they have votes in parliament, it's really a reflection of national issues, nowhere more than italy and matteo salvini of la lega, or the league, he is in current issue with the five star movement, luigi di maio, the coalition there. it is uneasy, though, to be honest. he was looking for domesticly domesticly is to have a win that could potentially allow him to that alliance and

the man hoping to lead best pots work and populists it's a he's deputy prime minister macho salvini his hardline actually forced manifest to help transform his friend's party and to government material i know he wants to do the same across the continent by ending together ideological bedfellows promising to tear up the rules. of our objective is to finally be a force for government and changing your government to bring your blood new hope a dream. by the way of. his closest ally is marine le pen. the head of france's far right political dynasty she led him to campaign with her firebrand father nationalism runs in hard blood but now she's gone her own way. the french flag iraq for attacks on the elites the e.u. and emigration in the past she called for funds to leave the union but has since you turned seeking instead to strip back to use power. you know younger ones this european union that is spreading on friday with globalization on europe globalization without regulation means having slaves manufacture to sell to the unemployed so. helping to banish the shackles of brussels is your en

the man hoping to lead best parts work of populist it's a he's deputy prime minister macho salvini his hardline italy 1st man a face to help transform his friend's party and to government material i know he wants to do the same across the continent by ending together ideological bedfellows promising to tear up the rules. our objective is to finally be a force for government and change your name to bring your blood new hope a dream. for. his closest ally is marina pain. the haid of france's far right political dynasty she learned to campaign with her firebrand father nationalism runs and hard blood but now she's gone her own way. the french flag iraq for a. it's on the elites the e.u. and immigration in the past she called for funds to leave the union but has since returned seeking instead this trip back to be used power. so we no longer want this european union that is fretting and pride of globalization on europe globalization without regulation means having slaves manufacture to sell to the unemployed. helping to banish the shackles of brussels as york might and of the alternative fo

now it swings for salvini. even though salvini once pushed for the north to cut financial ties to the south. leaving places such as laquila to languish. that makes no difference for francesco desantis. a self-described true believer. >> salvini was the first politician in italy that understand the importance of the discovery and defending the identity of italian people and the european people. >> do you question him at all? >> no. no -- >> not at all? >> no. >> reporter: other italians are less forgiving. a recent poll by ipsos mori shows support for salvini has dropped from 37% to 30%. the dip after salvini made a series of moves further to the right. including a facebook post showing him holding a machine gun, advocating for gun rights. and an impromptu speech at a balcony infamously used by benito mussolini to watch the execution of his adversaries. mr. salvini, erin from cnn. can i ask you a few more questions? you slipped in the polls recently. why is that? do you worry you've gone too far to the right? do

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turnings of aftermath of the european union elections italian deputy prime minister material salvini is already making a play for the role of leader of right wing forces across europe and picking another fight with the e.u. over budget rules mr salvini has already has called for the radical measure of a 15 percent flat tax on all income which would cost an estimated $30000000000.00 euros according to mr sell meenie meanwhile the european commission is set to release a report that will lecture rome about failures to adhere to the preferred budget limits in the meantime mr salvini and his coalition partners of the 5 star movement will have 2 days to respond to a letter from the commission european commission protesting failure to comply with european budget rules the italian government could be fined 3000000000 euros by the commission for the budgetary breaches. and staying in europe for a bit. more on the e s latest elections we are joined by the former 1st minister of scotland alex salmon who joins us from our u.k. studio. first of all you're the you're the expert here so will open i

and remember if we join salvini. and others in one big group will have the political clout that a lone warrior doesn't have to form policy or can point out the f.t. decided to take a pro russian stance falling in line with all other european right wing populist they rejected western sanctions against russia over its interference in the conflict in eastern ukraine and after 5 years of building alliances with europe's right wing extremists moscow scored a victory among the key operators were various shadowy figures such as manual oxen . in november 2014 he was photographed in eastern ukraine together with a frenchman victoria lanta an expert and soldier posing with sympathizers from france. they all share right wing views and hatred for liberal democratic values. far right organizations and passes. some of the few. political forces in europe that are still ready to cooperate with the kremlin the kremlin needs. in the west. in 2018 france's yellow vests movement took their protests to the streets in the spring the forme

is this remain unreformed so i project salvini reform from within it.only in this you still want to leave oh absolutely and that's change and change very nicely in france as well a marine le pen changed her message during the presidential campaign because that issue of leaving didn't give her the resonance you want and i think one of the reasons is because briggs has proven so difficult if you're a citizen a friend sort of italy you're watching what's happening in britain and you're thinking if we try to leave not only will we have that but we need to get a new currency as well the difficulties of leaving have become very very clear i think so in that sense we're slightly different to the other member states because the desire to leave was a lot stronger i think amongst the british people than it is among the people in other member states so stefano very janet what impact do you think of bracks that the bait and the fact that the u.k. as we've been hearing so hasn't really managed to leave what impact has that had on the electorate in italy do they real

in april, it started with matteo salvini's league party.nd the danish people's party.. and then the afd in germany and the finns party, it's got also vox from spain, ekre from estonia. but essentially, the most important bit would be what happens after the european union elections. if hungary's fidesz party, the party of the prime minister viktor 0rban, decides to join this alliance, because that would make it a quite significant bloc. at the moment, fidesz is part of the european popular party but there have been quite a few problems recently and viktor 0rban himself, he said that he doesn't recognise the candidate of the european people's party, manfred weber from the european commission, as a viable candidate. so he has hinted that he would want tojump ship and move to a bloc with salvini. now, if that was to happen, the bloc that these far right nationalist parties are going to form in european parliament could be quite significant. nowhere of course is european politics more turbulent than in the uk. the british prime minister theresa

it was a show of force by italy's deputy prime minister, matteo salvini.y, drumming up support for next week's european elections. he had invited far right and nationalist leaders and mps from 11 other countries across europe. they are all united underan anti—migrant, anti—islam and anti—bureaucracy banner. they are seeking historic results in these elections, in their bid to transform european politics. translation: on the 26th of may, we will bring this revolution of common sense throughout europe. on the 26th of may, we will return power to the peoples. on the 26th, with us, europe will raise its head. long live italy, long live france, and long live the nations of europe. the organiser of the events told the bbc‘s ros atkins who he's backing in the uk. what did you say about mr farage? i am waiting for him. would you like him in your coalition? yeah, the new european parliament. but he wants to leave the european union. you think he should? forthe moment, he is in. do you hope he stays? we can work together, we can work together, i hope. on which issue

all right a tele an interior minister matteo salvini party has maintained its lead position in the e.u. vote salvini says he intends to create a euro skeptic anti-establishment coalition within the bloc but to have salvini is said to make his northern league party it is biggest political force after the polls closed he thanked all of those who supported his party adding that a new europe is coming political experts believe salvini will find many allies in the new parliament. in both of the audit you did check today's vote shows that the rules of europe are changing it's not just due to the choice of the italians but also of the french the germans the british the hun carians the poles the thins the swedes the danes a new europe is born structure of the european union is a failure many countries now have realized that is not a solution it's actually a problem so every country have their own interests and i'm not surprised that if a marine le pen will work with the leader a lot of people you know a thing about the niger throughout for the us for the grace of movement if it works and if it

but the most significant victory of the night went to materials salvini is far right party in italy. there when went beyond all expectations salvini said this was a sign that europe was about to undergo a transformation. only used to lead the 1st party in italy but marine le pen is the 1st party in france and the u.k. nodule for august 1st so easily france england it's the sign of a europe that is changing. but despite his success it's unlikely that salvini will be able to fulfill his dream of working with other nationalists to turn the e.u. on its head from within the populace in other countries did not do as well meaning the far right will still be in a minority in the european parliament. and they're also divided among themselves hungary is anti immigrant leader viktor netted more than 50 percent of the vote but disagrees with other populists on a range of issues even so analysts say would be no longer possible. for europe to go back to business as usual given the gains made by such parties. while the mainstream center parties have suffered big losses in europe selections among th

emmanuel macron‘s response to the yellow vest protest and two in the italian assessment of matteo salvinihe tries to establish himself as their most powerful politician. it will also tell the polish plenty about how they feel about their government with parliamentary elections looming. the second reason we should ca re looming. the second reason we should care as it is the chance for europeans to say what kind of eu they want. do they want the macron vision of further integration between countries or did they prefer the view of the polish government, matteo salvini and others who say the eu should exist but as a collection of nation states and brussels should keep out of a whole range of national affairs. and then the third thing is equally important. this is about the legitimacy of the eu's institutions. this vote is a huge one but not many people take part in it. how much legitimacy with the european parliament have in the eyes of europeans? what connection do they make between what it decides in their lives question mark we will be watching turn out very closely. the statistics behind

mr salvi but once the eu —— salvini wa nts salvi but once the eu —— salvini wants the eu to share immigrationsts. so would you be able to have a unified platform on a few issues? i am have a unified platform on a few issues? lam not have a unified platform on a few issues? i am not saying they should have a full political programme but ona have a full political programme but on a few issues. one of the point salvini makes is that countries should be able to decide what issues themselves, whether it is budgets or immigration or whatever it might be, and actually they are not the only ones making that point. absolutely not, that is a tendency we are seeing in the european union from the populace to the liberals. macron himself is quite keen in repatriating some powers to the member states though he doesn't say so openly. i thought he was the big integrationist? yes, that is what we all thought, but we realise he is calling for more power, because he isa calling for more power, because he is a liberal at the end of the day, right? so rebels want to have more powers for member states as well, so

but salvini and friends may well fail to get the numbers to transform the eu as they wish.all look to the populist right. environmental groups and the populist left also expect a boost in these european elections. # raindrops keep falling on my head...# with so many europeans determined to rain on the parade of traditional political parties, governments of the eu's big two — france and germany — are concerned their campaigns are falling flat. haemorrhaging votes in brussels will further weaken merkel and macron at home. we caught up with annegret kramp—karrenbauer, widely viewed as angela merkel‘s successor. she's the one fronting her pa rty‘s election campaign. the german chancellor has kept a low profile. translation: we are fighting for every vote. there are rumours about mrs merkel‘s coalition after the european elections, but we remain committed to serving our country. as for what the eu makes of us taking part in new european elections... it's seen as a farce, even perverse, that, almost three years after the uk voted to leave the eu, it's preparing to send brand—new

there but again i don't like people like salvini who anyway shouting. like that we want our government to include us in there to go skating saying where you. will from the french. you want to vote for something positive a vote for solutions a vote for an environmental solutions. the greens of the mind a part of the greens of the party ruling germany. is the substance of course we know that we are. raising hopes that have to be fulfilled but. also coming up on the day chaos in austria chancellor and courts is ousted from power in a no confidence vote even his former allies turned against him so where is the country headed now for being. only a few days ago the goal was to remove me as chancellor that's maybe understandable as a tactic. but you know that the wish to talk of the entire government a few months before the election that's something nobody in this country can comprehend. for. we start the day with a fragmented europe 28 countries across the european union went to the polls on sunday in a referendum on europe and in the end pro european and nat

but salvini and friends may well fail to get the numbers to transform the eu as they wish.l look to the populist right. environmental groups and the populist left also expect a boost in these european elections. # raindrops keep falling on my head...# with so many europeans determined to rain on the parade of traditional political parties, governments of the eu's big two — france and germany — are concerned their campaigns are falling flat. haemorrhaging votes in brussels will further weaken merkel and macron at home. we caught up with annegret kramp—karrenbauer, widely viewed as angela merkel‘s successor. she's the one fronting her pa rty‘s election campaign. the german chancellor has kept a low profile. translation: we are fighting for every vote. there are rumours about mrs merkel‘s coalition after the european elections, but we remain committed to serving our country. as for what the eu makes of us taking part in new european elections... it's seen as a farce, even perverse, that, almost three years after the uk voted to leave the eu, it's preparing to send brand—new me

but salvini and friends may well fail to get the numbers to transform the eu as they wish.t not all look to the populist right. environmental groups and the populist left also expect a boost in these european elections. # raindrops keep falling on my head...# with so many europeans determined to rain on the parade of traditional political parties, governments of the eu's big two — france and germany — are concerned their campaigns are falling flat. haemorrhaging votes in brussels will further weaken merkel and macron at home. we caught up with annegret kramp—karrenbauer, widely viewed as angela merkel‘s successor. she's the one fronting her pa rty‘s election campaign. the german chancellor has kept a low profile. translation: we are fighting for every vote. there are rumours about mrs merkel‘s coalition after the european elections, but we remain committed to serving our country. as for what the eu makes of us taking part in new european elections... it's seen as a farce, even perverse, that, almost three years after the uk voted to leave the eu, it's preparing to send bran

changing yes but not as radically as salvini had hoped he'd wanted his new populist e. a. p. an alliance to be the second biggest. on t the european statage todayt projected to be the fifth. in its lee and in front sell beanies vision did prove persuasive but from holland to denmark and slovakia smaller members of the alliance didn't make the games they wanted. meaning salvini now needs to reach beyond the e. eight pm blog if he's to have the disruptive influence in europe he so once. i'm confident that the group to leave we will form will have up to a hundred fifty m. e. p.. and we will propose to form a government. such a grand partnership requires of negotiations build some meaning was a destroyer okay is like a than any star gary any game of thrones yes -- dragons anyway in. everything around the now he has to be you the house okay now is to be liquidation. as the horse trading begins salvini is now expected to reach out to all the right wing blocks as he tries to tells the european parliament. in his favor. european swing to the far right then in a truly snap election

but the success of the populist insurgency may well come down to whether salvini can turn friendship into partnership. was noticeably absent when solving these populist gathered for a final rally in milan last week. the rain drenched crowd testament to the scale of the populist push back. the main attraction the man casting himself as europe's salvation at his back a rising tide of anger and resentment. the will of far right parties having a mixed night's surface hard during well in france not so much here in germany let's talk about this wave. it seems to be washing over your chief political correspondent in the crowd i'm a tell you i've got a valya who's a research associate at the center for international studies at oxford university welcome both let's start with those results from france at nights for the national rally but not as good as before it's not what they expected or what they were hoping for if you look at the results from the le pen they're down compared to the previous elections 5 years ago they were hoping to do better of course they will paint this as a victory as t

germany's chancellor angela merkel and other european leaders came under attack by matteo salvini.tructing a europe of finance and uncontrolled immigration. but the german leader hit back, speaking at a rally in croatia. translation: being proud of one's homeland and building europe at the same time is not a contradiction. nationalism is the enemy of the european project. and this, my european friends, is what we have to make clear before the elections. around 2000 marched in milan against salvini and his fellow populist politicians, though they were clearly outnumbered by those who had come to support the deputy prime minister. however, more demonstrations against the far right have been planned across europe. politics is never far away in the eurovision song contest and this year's event held in israel has been no exception. the netherlands and duncan laurence came top of the leaderboard after a dramatic public vote. this report from david sillito in tel aviv does contain some flashing images. from tel aviv, israel, this is the grand final of the eurovision song contest, 2019! it

i think that's an underlying current, and salvini used it to his advantage.e's going to work to try to unite all those far right like minded thinkers that are in the european parliament, and try to make a change. he has promised his constituents that he's going to change europe from the inside. it's going to be hard to deliver on that. that's a promise he's making this morning. >> thank you very much. let's go to nina dell santos in south hampton. the brexit party was found on the 20th of january but seemed to have had a victorious evening. talk to us about why it is so popular and whether or not this is going to have to push the governing party in the uk to a more extreme brexit position. >> reporter: well, first of all, remember, bianca, that any vote in this country, whether at a local level or national level is being viewed and thought as a proxy for rerunning that divisive referendum. the country apparently appears to be deeply divided more or less along the same pattern and more or less along the same folk lines. these are the european elections, the uk

the socialists and leave brawls within the european parliament so salvini and his group will be part of the majority but their mind to use their veto power on some issues and they will have an increasing capacity to influence the european agenda so the effect of the european level one be immediate of course is rising very much his influence there is a question on it thank you very much for speaking to us and that seems to be the sentiment here in the capital is better that this is going to be a coalition of the winning so to say who are going to go into the european parliament but whether they'll be achieve be able to achieve what they've been promising the electorate will be seen in the day then months to come. all right of some of my job and live for us in round thanks to some. now greece is headed for snap elections after the ruling party there suffered major losses in those european elections prime minister lexus impressing he will request the early dissolution of parliament after the regional elections there on june 2nd his left wing syriza party lost to the conservative new dem