Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy's League Party, has called for a snap election, citing differences with coalition partners over taxation and other issues
A failed attempt by the Five Star Movement to derail plans for a high-speed rail link was the final straw showing that the coalition could no longer govern together, said Salvini, Italy's Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. He compared the differences to a marriage, and called for a quick separation, "without slapping, for the children," he joked, at a party rally.
Salvini's right-leaning wing party is well ahead in opinion polls, due mainly to his stance against illegal immigration.
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