Deputy Premier and Transport and
Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini on Sunday dismissed talk
of his League party joining the centre-right European People's
Party (EPP), saying such a move "is not on the agenda".
The League currently belongs to the right-wing, Eurosceptic
Identity and Democracy Party (ID) in the European Parliament.
"I continue to work for an agreement between the centre-right
parties in Brussels with the aim to be more incisive in some
battles," Salvini told Trentino's Il T newspaper.
"In recent years we have witnessed an axis between the EPP and
the Socialists.
"I don't think moderate and centre-right voters like that.
"What does the EPP think about surrogacy, which I consider an
abomination? Or about restrictions on the auto sector that have
European businesses and workers on their knees?"
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