(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 10 - Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini, leader of the League party, said on Sunday that leftist and anarchist squats should be closed during a rally near Perugia ahead of regional elections scheduled to take place in Umbria on November 17 and 18.
    "Shameful and unacceptable images yesterday in Milan and Bologna, we must close these squats occupied by Communists and I will ask (Interior Minister Matteo) Piantedosi today to do so", said Salvini in Bettona near Perugia, speaking about demonstrations held Saturday in the two northern cities The demonstration in Bologna saw members of left-wing collectives clash with police as they were protesting against a rally held nearby by far-right activists of the Casa Pound and Rete dei Patrioti organizations.
    In Milan, some pro-Pal protesters at a demonstration expressed support for youths in Amsterdam who attacked Israeli football fans this week in clashes that Dutch authorities described as antisemitic.
    "I will ask for an inspection of all left-wing squats that are illegally occupied because they are a den of criminals", stated Salvini. (ANSA).