Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini stood defiant as he arrived in Palermo on Friday for the final hearing of his trial over the 2019 detention of the NGO-operated ship Open Arms, carrying 147 migrants. Salvini, then serving as minister of the interior, refused the vessel immediate docking permission on the grounds of national security … Continue reading ‘I’m proud to have defended Italy!” — Deputy PM Matteo Salvini faces sentencing in Palermo