Supporters of "the sardines", a grassroots movement against far-right League leader Matteo Salvini, attend a demonstration in Bologna, Italy, January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) - The "Sardines" grassroots movement protesting against the populism of far-right Italian leader Matteo Salvini staged a mass rally in the northern city of Bologna on Sunday ahead of a regional vote that could shake up national politics.
Salvini's resurgent League party and his rightist allies are looking to end almost 75 years of unbroken leftist rule in the well-to-do Emilia Romagna region in next Sunday's election, with latest polls putting the two camps neck and neck.
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