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mo4ch:>'They should rot in jail, not drink champagne': Salvini calls on Macron to stop shielding fugitives | Mo4ch News

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has called on French President Emmanuel Macron to hand over ex-communist militants who are said to be living in France instead of serving time in jail for murder and other historic crimes."I appeal to the French president to return to Italy the fugitives that should not be drinking champagne under the Eiffel Tower, but should be rotting in jail in Italy," Salvini, leader of the right-wing Lega Nord party, told Canale 5 TV on Tuesday.He has recently embarked on a crusade to return some 50 "red" fugitives who are scattered around the world. Nine of them are reportedly hiding in France, shielded by former French president Francois Mitterrand's doctrine that prohibited the extradition of leftist guerillas, citing Italy's allegedly rigged justice system. The doctrine has been defunct since the 2000s, but the fugitives, according to Salvini, continue to enjoy a carefree life in France.Also on rt.comBolsonaro’s ‘little gift…