Northern League party leader Matteo Salvini gestures during a news conference at the Foreign Press Association in Rome, December 10, 2014. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's anti-euro Northern League is starting a southern charm offensive in the populous island of Sicily as it seeks to take the leading opposition role on the right of Italian politics.
Party leader Matteo Salvini apologised for his party's traditional anti-southern stance in the Sicilian capital Palermo on Sunday and took a swipe at Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, against whom Salvini has emerged as a potentially serious contender.
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