Europe's far-right leaders gather in Italy to prepare for EU elections

Matteo Salvini, who is Italy's Deputy Prime Minister, hosted the conference in Florence under the slogan "Jobs, Security, Common Sense" on Sunday.

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00:00 Matteo Salvini, who's Italy's deputy prime minister, hosted a rally in Florence on Sunday

00:06 for Europe's far-right leaders. It came from Bulgaria, Belgium, Austria, Czech Republic

00:11 and the Netherlands, where the far-right won the most seats in the recent parliamentary

00:15 elections.

00:16 "Today we present to the Italians and all Europeans an idea of a different Europe, a

00:22 Europe of rights against a Europe of cuts."

00:25 Marine Le Pen, the former president of France's National Rally Group, opened the convention,

00:30 saying "We are movements of democratic and patriotic resistance in the face of a bureaucratic

00:36 dominant structure."

00:38 Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders, who leads the Freedom Party in the Netherlands,

00:42 also sent a video message, saying "We must guarantee that decisions that concern our

00:47 nations are made by people who know it and love it best."

00:51 Nearby there was a small group of demonstrators who waved EU flags to denounce the far-right

00:56 in Europe.

00:57 "I will go to the mountains, under the shade of a tree."

01:05 "I will go to the mountains, under the shade of a tree."

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