Matteo Salvini embarks on 'beach tour' amid election speculation
by Angela Giuffrida in Rome from World news | The Guardian on (#4MRTY)
Far-right leader takes unusual step in effort to drum up support in south of country
Matteo Salvini is taking his perennial campaign to Italy's beaches as the far-right leader seeks to whip up more support before widely-anticipated new elections.
The Italian parliament officially begins its summer break at the end of the week, but Salvini, deputy prime minister and interior minister, is finishing on Wednesday to begin what the Italian media are calling his "beach tour".
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