Italy: Salvini leaves leadership of the League to resolve party crisis
Vice-prime minister of Giorgia Meloni's government in Italy, Matteo Salvini leaves the leadership of the League to overcome an internal party crisis.
TL;DR
- Matteo Salvini resigned as secretary of the League party.
- He will run again for the party's leadership in an extraordinary congress on October 24-25.
- Salvini remains deputy prime minister and minister of Infrastructure and Transport.
- The resignation is a formal step to allow for the leadership election and address internal tensions.
- The League party will be managed by treasurer Alberto Di Rubba until the congress.
- This political shift occurs within Giorgia Meloni's government, which has become the longest-lasting single mandate in the Italian Republic.