Italy's Matteo Salvini and France's Marine Le Pen confirmed their far-right alliance ahead of next year's EU elections and highlighted their anti-immigration platform to supporters.
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00:00 Sunday saw the leader of France's far-right party Marine Le Pen join her Italian counterpart Matteo Salvini at a Northern League rally in the city of Pontida.
00:09 As part of an early start to their campaign for next year's European elections,
00:13 both politicians, known for their anti-immigration rhetoric, praised each other and presented a united front.
00:20 We defend our peoples against the subversion of the migratory state that is now organized.
00:27 We defend our peoples as Matteo did with such courage and combativeness when he had the power to do so,
00:41 spectacularly reducing the number of migrants.
00:46 There is little to add about immigration. I did, I will do, and together we will do everything that is democratically allowed to block an invasion that may be disastrous.
01:07 The rally comes on the back of a visit from the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has seen a recent surge in migrant arrivals.
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