Italy anti-immigrant Northern League rallies against Renzi


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  • Sunday, 01 Mar 2015

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi talks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the end of a meeting at Chigi Palace in Rome February 26, 2015. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

ROME (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Italy's anti-euro Northern League filled one of the biggest squares in Rome on Saturday, accusing the government of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of selling the country out to faceless powers in Brussels.

Northern League leader Matteo Salvini, who called the rally, took aim at a series of targets, ranging from illegal immigrants and Romanian truck drivers to tax authorities, banks and big business.

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