![Italy's Interior minister and deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini looks on as he surrounded by supporters during his electoral tour "Italian Summer Tour", in Policoro, South of Italy, on August 10, 2019. Salvini was pulling out all the stops on August 10, 2019 to rally supporters for a snap election after he withdrew his League party from an increasingly acrimonious coalition government, plunging the country into turmoil. / AFP / Alberto PIZZOLI](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/7L7ZRLZA4TAXWMB7WPHJAY6P4Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=97a3f4003d5a0e0eca07257fe4952dce82cd1736767c64eded71b502df9e9606&width=400&height=225)
Italy's Interior minister and deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini is surrounded in Policoro, southern Italy, on August 10, 2019. AFP
Italy's Interior minister and deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini is surrounded in Policoro, southern Italy, on August 10, 2019. AFP
Italy’s right-wing figurehead seeks path to power through political chaos
Riding a populist wave, Matteo Salvini has pressed the self-destruct button on Italy’s government
Callum Paton
10 August, 2019