Italy’s Matteo Salvini recorded calling far-right rival a ‘pain in the ass’
by Angela Giuffrida in Rome from on (#5R18T)
Secret audio reveals League leader swearing and hitting out at Giorgia Meloni of the Brothers of Italy
Matteo Salvini, the leader of the League party, was left red-faced after a secret recording revealed him swearing and implying his far-right challenger, Giorgia Meloni, was a pain in the ass".
The recording, taken during a closed-door meeting with politicians from his party and published by Il Foglio newspaper, further exposes the friction in what was once a tight-knit coalition between the League, Meloni's Brothers of Italy and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia.
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