Italy's Salvini celebrates first six months in power with rally Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini speaks to thousands of supporters in a packed square in Rome as his surging League party celebrates six months in power. Salvini's League has surged in popularity since taking power in a coalition government earlier this year, with opinion polls putting the party on 30 percent, up from the 17 percent it won in March elections. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES