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 League party leader Matteo Salvini arrives for a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy January 29, 2021.
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Has Italy's far right really changed its tune?

Matteo Salvini, the firebrand leader of Italy's Lega party, was once one of the biggest critics of the EU. But now he has suddenly become a fan. What might have prompted Salvini's surprising about-face? And what does it mean for the future of far-right populism in the EU's third-largest country?