Italian Minister Matteo Salvini collects signatures for border defense
epa11616941 Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport and League party leader Matteo Salvini stands behind a sign reading 'Defend the limits' in Milan, Italy, 21 September 2024. On 20 September, civil plaintiffs' lawyers in the criminal trial against Salvini in the Open Arms case requested the Palermo court to order him to pay over one million euros. Prosecutors have requested a six-year prison term for Salvini for preventing an Open Arms boat from docking in Lampedusa port in August 2019, during his tenure as interior minister. EPA/MOURAD BALTI TOUATI
