Italy: 'Sardine' protesters pack Venice to protest against Salvini

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W/S Sardines chanting against Lega Party
M/S Protester with Sardine costume
M/S Protesters holding Sardines painted on cardboard
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M/S Protesters with placards
M/S Protester with placard
M/S Protester with placard
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M/S Protester with placard
SOT, Valentina La Gorga, Protester (Italian): "Salvini represents hatred. The hate legalised by his decrees. His Decree of Security and Decree of Security Bis. It represents the far-right that we have already had in our history - the fascism. He represents this, a racial hatred."
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SOT, Simone, Protester (Italian): "We want to make a change in Italian politics. Because we are against hatred, against indifference. We chose sardines as a symbol because it is a fish but it is not a violent fish like the shark."
M/S Protester with a pink vest and pink sardine placard
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SOT, Valentina, Protester (Italian): "Italian people do not have fear. Salvini scares you but we are all here to show this wave of change."
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M/S Protesters singing Bella Ciao
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M/S Protesters singing Bella Ciao
M/S Protesters singing Bella Ciao
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Thousands of so-called 'Sardine' protesters rallied against League Party leader Matteo Salvini, in Venice on Friday.
Footage shows the protesters exhibiting numerous placards and banners depicting sardines, as well as placards against Salvini. Some protesters were also filmed singing Bella Ciao.
The movement held similar demonstrations in various cities across the country, such as Florence, Rimini, Milan, Bologna, Modena.
Regional elections are set to take place in eight Italian regions in 2020, with Salvini and his party seeking to repeat the success they achieved in the Umbrian elections in 2019, when an alliance led by the League brought five decades of the left-wing rule to an end.