{"id":37829,"date":"2019-12-26T12:09:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T17:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=37829"},"modified":"2019-12-26T12:09:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T17:09:56","slug":"leadership-matters-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=37829","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/12\/26\/italy-migrant-landings-halved-2019-due-salvini-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breitbart<\/a> is reporting today that thanks to the immigration policies enacted by former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, illegal migrant landings have been cut in half in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>According to the ministry, the country saw\u00a023,210 arrivals in 2018 which then reduced to 11,439 in 2019, although the number of arrivals has dramatically increased since Salvini and his League party left the government in August and were replaced by the leftist Democratic Party, <em>Il Giornale<\/em> <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/cronache\/sbarchi-dimezzati-nel-2019-cos-governo-si-vanta-dei-1803790.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\">reports<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Salvini, who closed Italian ports to migrant transport NGOs, is largely credited with dramatically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/immigration\/2019\/05\/25\/migrant-sea-deaths-plunge-due-to-matteo-salvinis-closed-ports\/\">reducing<\/a> the number of drowning deaths in the Mediterranean sea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The populist League leader slammed the leftist government coalition for the rise of new arrivals in recent months saying: \u201cEven in December the landings increased compared to the same period a year ago.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the new government took over, the number of migrants has increased.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>According to <em>Il Giornale<\/em>, the number of new migrants has increased since the new coalition took power in September, compared to the same period last year and claimed that the current government was taking credit for policies enacted by Salvini, rather than their own record.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The policies of Salvini remain popular in Italy, with the League topping opinion polls for months and Salvini himself consistently being voted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/10\/22\/poll-matteo-salvini-is-most-trusted-politician-italy\/\">most trusted politician<\/a> in the country, ahead of current Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The coalition of the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party, however, remains unpopular with the vast majority of the Italian public with some polls showing Salvini\u2019s League with nearly as much support as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/11\/06\/poll-salvini-party-support-par-both-coalition-parties-combined\/\"> both parties<\/a> combined.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Cracks in the government coalition have also begun to emerge in recent weeks, with three Five Star Movement senators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/12\/15\/three-five-star-movement-senators-defect-to-salvinis-league\/\">defecting<\/a> to the League earlier this month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned. Around the world, average citizens of any country do not want to see their country inundated by illegal immigrants who have no intention of assimilation or contributing to the culture of the country they are entering. It is disheartening to see pictures of young men pouring into foreign countries rather than working to improve conditions in their own countries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breitbart is reporting today that thanks to the immigration policies enacted by former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, illegal migrant landings have been cut in half in 2019. 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