Salvini rallies supporters, demands election date Hardline Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini rallies supporters demanding an election date be set after he withdrew his League party from an increasingly acrimonious coalition government, plunging the country into turmoil. Taking his message to the beaches at the height of the summer holiday season, Salvini is seeking to build on the League's strong showing in May's European Parliament elections when it won 34 percent of the vote. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES