“And what is this, if not direct rude interference in the electoral process, the free expression of will of the citizens of one of the leading countries of the European Union?”
- TASS quotes him.
Earlier, the leader of the Italian League of the North party, Matteo Salvini, sharply criticized the statement of the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that the EU is ready to use the available tools if the situation in the elections in Italy goes "in a difficult direction."
Also on September 26, European Parliament Vice-President Katarina Barli said that the victory of the center-right coalition in the elections in Italy was worrying.