In summer 2019, Matteo Salvini was one of the most powerful men in Italy.
The leader of the far-right League party was seen by some as a sovereignist messiah, others feared he was about to become a Mediterranean Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister and EU enfant terrible.
But today, Salvini, who also sits in the senate, faces tough questions over his future.
Recent local elections were a bit of a fiasco for the League, although it remained strong in north-east Italy,...
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Already a member? Login hereValentina Saini is a freelance journalist specialising in Italian social issues and politics, gender issues and the Middle East and North Africa region.