Salvini: Patriots for Europe to be born with Lega participating
A large party group is about to be born on Monday, with the participation of Italy's Lega party, "and this will be key to changing the future of Europe", party leader Matteo Salvini said on Facebook.
Lega is set to announce that it will leave its current party family, Identity and Democracy, and join Patriots for Europe, within hours.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Herbert Kickl, the leader of the Austrian Freedom Party, and the leader of the Czech ANO party, Andrej Babis, met in Vienna to launch the new formation in June. Since then, the Spanish Vox party, Portugal’s Chega, Flemish party Vlaams Belang, and the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV) have also announced that they are joining the group.
