The nationalists Lega Nord, led by Steve Bannon ally Matteo Salvini, were criticized by Luigi Di Maio, leader of their populist coalition partner the Five Star Movement.
The leader of Italy’s populist Five Star Movement Luigi Di Maio called out his coalition government partner Lega Nord for its far-right stance, accusing it of right-wing extremism.
Bannon supported Salvini in Rome during Italy’s 2018 elections. Salvini’s Lega Nord is now the major party in the Italian parliament's coalition of center-right parties, which was formerly led by the Forza Italia party's Silvio Berlusconi. “At the Lega I say let's move on but enough with right-wing extremism and caste behavior,” Di Maio told the Corriere della Sera. “We will denounce this behavior even after the European [elections]. Whereas when we think about concrete issues that interest people we always find an agreement.”
"For all the excitement the 'yellow-green' Five Star Movement-League coalition experiment generated in the likes of Steve Bannon and other anti-liberal ideologues, in its current political configuration Italy is hardly in a position to lead a 'populist international.'" “A skillful politician that has never ceased campaigning in the streets and on social media, Salvini has become Italy’s leader, for now largely eclipsing all others, in particular Five Star Movement head Luigi Di Maio.”
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