Overview
- Matteo Salvini scheduled a meeting with Roberto Vannacci and stressed party unity, saying the Lega values its grassroots over individual leaders.
- Vannacci reiterated his refusal to back arms and open‑ended funding for Kyiv, saying he votes that way in Brussels and declaring he is not “a sheep” who follows orders.
- During the latest vote to extend aid to Ukraine, Lega deputies Rossano Sasso and Edoardo Ziello opposed the majority line and Senator Claudio Borghi abstained.
- Supporters staged a small flash mob outside Montecitorio with a banner against financing weapons for Ukraine, and subsequent efforts drew limited turnout.
- Vannacci faces public distancing from figures such as Giorgia Meloni and criticism from Francesco Storace, while he dismisses talk of launching a new party as mere speculation.