Matteo Salvini

We need deportation centres.

— Matteo Salvini

History goes in cycles.

— Matteo Salvini

My pope is Benedict.

— Matteo Salvini

Leave the euro? Surely yes.

— Matteo Salvini

Italians think with their heads.

— Matteo Salvini

I'm a federalist.

— Matteo Salvini

We need to increase deportations.

— Matteo Salvini

We can't turn Italy into a refugee camp.

— Matteo Salvini

We do not accept lessons on rights or humanity from Mr. Macron.

— Matteo Salvini

People want identity, security, and jobs.

— Matteo Salvini

A country which does not create children is destined to die.

— Matteo Salvini

With nice words, we never obtained anything.

— Matteo Salvini

First of all we need to move past the euro.

— Matteo Salvini

I don't do my job as minister based on polls.

— Matteo Salvini

We are for pension reform, jobs, the flat tax, and justice reforms.

— Matteo Salvini

I would like free movement within the E.U. as a result of us protecting external borders.

— Matteo Salvini

We don't need a strongman. But we need a strong country that is not subordinate to Europe.

— Matteo Salvini

I'm sick of seeing the immigrants in the hotels and the Italians who sleep in cars. This is the racist country.

— Matteo Salvini

We need to review treaties to make them reflect our national interest.

— Matteo Salvini

On principle, I always support the opinion of a population who express themselves through a referendum.

— Matteo Salvini

If anyone in the E.U. thinks Italy should keep being a landing point and refugee camp, they have misunderstood.

— Matteo Salvini

The economic sanctions against Russia are madness, directed against a neighboring and friendly market.

— Matteo Salvini

I don't believe that either fascism or communism is the solution or that they may come back on this earth.

— Matteo Salvini

'Populism' is a compliment to me. We envision a different Europe where every E.U. country should have the freedom to decide its…

— Matteo Salvini

The biggest problem in Italy is work. And out-of-control immigration damages the labor market because Italians can't compete with illegal workers who…

— Matteo Salvini

I believe that a limited quantity of immigrants, possibly through an Australian-style program on the basis of work qualifications, can be let…

— Matteo Salvini

The only antidote to racism - and the Italians are anything but racist - is to return to a respect for laws…

— Matteo Salvini

We will work to modify and remove some European parameters, but regarding the euro, I remain convinced that the single currency is…

— Matteo Salvini

If tomorrow morning Brussels should decide to let Turkey in, Italians wouldn't be free to oppose it, neither in Parliament nor through…

— Matteo Salvini

The problem of the Muslim presence is increasingly worrying. There are more and more clashes, more and more demands. And I doubt…

— Matteo Salvini

The laws imposed by Brussels damage Italian artisans, traders, pensioners, but hey, Europe is asking, so we have to obey. Come on,…

— Matteo Salvini

Good relations with Russia are great news. Putting a stop to the [Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership] is great news. Defending American…

— Matteo Salvini

Statistics tell us that of the 500,000 people who arrived, those who are granted political asylum are more or less 10 percent.…

— Matteo Salvini

The final objective is not to distribute the migrants among various European countries but to prevent them from entering Europe and from…

— Matteo Salvini

In Italy there are 5 million legal migrants. They're integrated, and they're welcome. The problem of the Muslim presence is increasingly worrying.…

— Matteo Salvini

I want to highlight that Italy, every year, sends 6 billion euros in cash to Brussels. I cannot give these 6 billion…

— Matteo Salvini

I don't want to leave euro or leave the European Union.

— Matteo Salvini

French arrogance is no longer in fashion in Italy.

— Matteo Salvini

I don't have to justify myself every time I go to Israel.

— Matteo Salvini

Changing Europe is a big goal. But I think it is at our fingertips.

— Matteo Salvini