https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The leader of the far-right Northern League congratulated ally Marine Le Pen on her result in the first round of the French elections on Sunday. Meanwhile, Italy's centre-left politicians rallied round her pro-EU opponent Emmanuel Macron. https://www.thelocal.it/20170424/italys-far-right-leader-congratulates-le-pen-on-first-round-result Mon, 24 Apr 2017 11:41:34 +0200 italys-far-right-leader-congratulates-le-pen-on-first-round-result France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen has thrown her support behind an upcoming rally against the Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi, the leader of Italy's Northern League has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150224/le-pen-backs-italy-far-right-against-renzi Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:55:00 +0100 le-pen-backs-italy-far-right-against-renzi Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has criticized the suggestion made by French far-right leader Marine Le Pen to suspend free movement between Europe’s borders, saying such a move would be an "enormous gift" to terrorists. https://www.thelocal.it/20150113/italy-fm-slams-le-pen-view-on-border-controls Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:53:00 +0100 italy-fm-slams-le-pen-view-on-border-controls