Eurosceptic Italian’s have launched a campaign to leave the EU as the country looks to follow in Britain’s Brexit footsteps.
Italian politician Gianluigi Paragone, a former senator for the anti-establishment 5Star Movement said that it was time for Italy to launch its Italexit campaign ‘No Europe for Italy’ on Thursday, July 23.
He said Italy would no longer be “blackmailed” by the Brussels bloc.
Mr Paragone said: “This is the way forward: we can no longer be blackmailed by tax havens that allow themselves to offend the great prestige of Italy.
“For this reason, on July 23, at 10 am, in the press room of the Chamber of Deputies, I will officially launch my party for Italexit, presenting the name and logo.”
Mr Paragone is hoping to capitalise on anti-EU sentiment in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Italian politician has announced the launch of a single-issue party, much like the Brexit Party, to push for Italy’s departure from the EU.
He also revealed he has met with Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage to discuss Brexit and get advice on unshackling his own nation from the “EU cage”.
He said: “I met Nigel Farage, leader of the Brexit Party in London, who triumphed in the British referendum by bringing the United Kingdom out of the European Union cage.
“A true British patriot, the only one who sent away the technocrats from Brussels.
“I confronted him on the present and future of a truly sovereign country which, even more so after Brexit, is able to give real answers to citizens in the midst of the post-COVID economic crisis.”
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