Overview

• Matteo Salvini returned after a hospital visit and closed the rally urging party-run councils to file motions against sending Italians to fight in Ukraine or Russia, rejecting an EU army and shared EU debt.
• Roberto Vannacci was the crowd magnet, telling militants they must be heirs of Charlie Kirk and insisting he is not seeking the party leadership.
• Charlie Kirk’s commemoration dominated the event with banners, T‑shirts and a minute of silence, shaping the rally’s imagery and rhetoric.
• Senior figures signaled internal guardrails: Luca Zaia said Vannacci can be an asset only if he acts as a leghista, Massimiliano Romeo stressed roots in federalism, and Giancarlo Giorgetti called for respect for hierarchy.
• The program paired nationalist priorities with regionalist pitches, featuring anti‑Green Deal petitions, the Carta della Lombardia, calls for “remigration,” and appearances by Jordan Bardella, Santiago Abascal and Flávio Bolsonaro.