Italian interior minister and leader of the far-right league, Matteo Salvini said he wanted to create a pan-European association of nationalist parties.
At a keynote speech at the party’s annual meeting he called for a league of a league of Europe, bringing together all the free and sovereign movements that want to defend their people and their borders.
The announcement came as the EU struck a deal on how to handle refugees and irregular migrants after a ship that carried 600 migrants was forced to divert to Spain after Salvini blocked entry.