dub him as "the other Matteo".

image copyright Reuters image caption Mr Salvini described the government's immigration policies as "a disaster"

The Northern League was once a strong ally of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, but it has sought to find new allies as he struggles to shake off a tax fraud conviction that forced him out of parliament.

Mr Salvini's fiery rhetoric against the European Union, immigration and austerity politics had led to comparisons being drawn between him and French National Front leader Marine Le Pen.

The counter-demonstration staged by an alliance of leftist parties, anti-racism campaigners and gay rights groups was held only a few hundred metres from the Northern League rally.

Many protested under the banner "Never with Salvini".

'Foolish servant'

"The problem isn't Renzi, Renzi is a pawn, Renzi is aReport of the first hemispheric meeting on meningococcal disease.
The first Hemispheric meeting on meningococcal meningitis was held in São Paulo and Brasília on 23-28 February 1976. Organized by the Pan American Health Organization in collaboration with the Government of Brazil and other PAHO Member States, the meeting had three principal aims: to review the general subject of cerebrospinal meningitis and the special situation in Brazil; to analyze experience gained in Brazil regarding laboratory diagnosis, treatment, and reduction of mortality among hospitalized patients; and to develop prevention and control strategies based on a review of available scientific knowledge and techniques for prevention and control of meningococcal disease.