Italy: Matteo Salvini celebrates the League coming to power Italy's hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini calls for a Europe-wide alliance against "mass immigration" at a triumphant annual gathering of his far-right League party, after declaring the country's ports closed to NGO migrant ships. Around 50,000 people from around Italy attended the event, local media reported, drawn by Salvini's 'Italians first' rallying cry. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES