Italian Deputy Prime Minister and leader of far-right League party Matteo Salvini gestures during his European Parliament election night event in Milan, Italy, May 27, 2019. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
ROME (Reuters) - Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday nothing should change in the coalition government after his League party overtook its partner, the 5-Star Movement, in the European parliamentary election.
"As far as I am concerned, nothing should change at the national level," Salvini told reporters after initial results suggested the League would take around 32% of the vote against just 19% for 5-Star -- an almost exact inversion of the 2018 national election result.
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