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France's Le Pen sees far right gaining strength in European elections

France's Marine Le Pen hopes her party will have more influence on the European agenda as far right parties are expected to make Euro election gains

Italy

Salvini claims he is saving Europe from Islam, what are the facts?

While visiting Hungary on Thursday, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini from the far-right League party gave a controversial interview to the Hungarian national television. Euronews has fact-checked some of his contentious assertions.

World News

Le Pen among European far right leaders uniting for Euro elections

France's Marine Le Pen is in Bulgaria to meet with the leaders of the European far right, who attempt to unite ahead of European Parliament elections

Belgium

European elections 2019: What happened this week?

This week we look at the smaller parties that could tip the scales in the new parliament and examine the role of the Eurosceptics' favourite target, the EU Commission.

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Orban and Salvini inspect Hungary's border fence with Serbia

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini took a helicopter from Budapest during his visit to Hungary on Thursday (May 2) to visit Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the fence on the country's southern border with Serbia.

Europe News

Salvini refuses to celebrate anti-fascist commemoration

What is behind Salvini's refusal to celebrate Italy's Liberation day?

Italy

Kissing girls photobomb Salvini in protest over anti-LGBT conference

The two 19-year-old students are not a couple but wanted to make a statement against the minister's conservative agenda.

World

Italian coalition partners fail to agree on Rome bailout

A tense meeting between Italy's coalition partners on Rome's crippling debt has broken up without a final resolution. The capital's €12 billion shortfall - dating back more than a decade - must be restructured to avoid defaulting.

Europe Decoded

Salvini uses dated photo of migrants sparking controversy | #TheCube

#TheCube | You may recognise this image from last summer when migrant rescue ship Aquarius saved over 140 people stranded at sea. It appears that Interior Minister of Italy, Salvini did not, however when sharing it this week on his Twitter account.

World

Raw Politics: MEPs debate Salvini's attempt to unite the far-right

Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini launched a movement on Monday to unite populist leaders in Europe.

World

Raw Politics in full: Salvini flop and violence in Libya

Watch Monday night's full episode of Raw Politics

Europe News

The Brief: populist pitch vs political reality

The attempt to unite nationalists groups might prove futile, as diverging interests and their leaders' clashing personalities have so far prevented them from teaming up.

Italy

Salvini makes moves to forge a European right-wing alliance

Under the slogan "To the Europe of Common Sense!” Salvini is holding a meeting with other European populist parties in Milan.

My Europe Series

Saving Europe - destroy or double-down

From the far-right to the center - politicians are setting out their grand plans and grand rhetoric for the European Union ahead of May's elections. This week we spoke to Marine Le Pen who said to save Europe we must destroy it, while centre-right German MEP Manfred Weber has other ideas.

World

Raw Politics in full: no-deal Brexit and NATO defence spending

Watch Tuesday night's full episode of Raw Politics.

Italy

Protests in Italy as far-right party holds family values conference

Demonstrators say long-established rights like abortion and divorce are under threat

Italy

Allowing adoption of embryos 'would attack Italy’s abortion rights’

The right-wing party says abortions are at the root of the country's current demographic crisis.

Belgium

Operation Sophia: EU to scale back Mediterranean rescue mission

The European Union is set to end the navy patrols aimed at preventing migrants from making the perilous Mediterranean Sea crossing from North Africa to Europe.

Italy

Teenage bus-hijacking hero to be granted Italian citizenship

The Egyptian teenager who raised the alarm after his schoolbus was hijacked and set ablaze in Milan last week is to be granted Italian citizenship

Italy

What's it like living in Italy as a migrant?

NBC Left Field takes a look at families who’ve already found a home in Italy and how Italians are helping them have a better life.