Salvini: Är en komplimang att bli kallad populist

Matteo Salvini (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtɛːo salˈviːni]; born 9 March 1973) is an Italian politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of the Interior since 1 June 2018. He is also Federal Secretary of Northern League since December 2013 and the leader of Us with Salvini since December 2014. He has been a Senator in the Italian Senate since March 2018. He previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the constituency of North-West Italy from 2004 to 2018. He has been considered as a hard Eurosceptic politician, holding starkly critical view of the European Union, especially of the euro. Salvini opposed also illegal immigration into Italy and the EU and the EU's management of asylum seekers. His political views have been described as on the far-right. He is also considered one of the main leaders of the populist wave which shook Europe during 2010s and a member of the Neo-nationalism movement, a rightist ideology which emphasized anti-globalization, nativist and protectionist stances. Salvini is nicknamed by his supporters "The Captain" (Il Capitano). Many political commentators and newspapers, such as The Guardian, The New York Times, the Financial Times, The Economist, and the Huffington Post, have described him as a strongman and currently as the most powerful and prominent man in Italy.