Italy's Salvini Visits Poland to Discuss Eurosceptic Alliance for EU Elections

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Italy's Salvini Visits Poland to Discuss Eurosceptic Alliance for EU Elections
Jan. 8, 2019

By Joanna Plucinska

WARSAW (Reuters) - Italy's far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and the leader of Poland's ruling party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, will discuss on Wednesday the possibility of forming a eurosceptic alliance to contest the European Parliament elections in May.

The visit to Warsaw, initiated by Polish Interior Minister Joachim Brudzinski, comes amid broader efforts by eurosceptics across the continent to unite that could fundamentally shift the direction of the European Union after the elections.

"(The election) will show whether the eurosceptic voices within Europe are on the rise or if the rise has been curtailed for the moment," said Michal Baranowski, the head of the German Marshall Fund's Warsaw office.

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