An image with a text quote from Salvini appears repeatedly, but it is anything but current.

Salvini: 5 million Italians in poverty – The most important thing to start with:

There is currently a sharepic circulating on social networks that contains a quote from Matteo Salvini regarding poverty in Italy. It is neither current nor is the statement in this form correct.

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Old quote recirculated

A picture is currently being shared again in which Matteo Salvini, party secretary of the Italian Lega Nord, is quoted as commenting on “Italians in poverty”.

Screenshot sharepic of Salvini's quote ©Mimikama
Screenshot sharepic of Salvini's quote ©Mimikama

“I have five million Italians living in poverty. Once I’ve taken care of them all, I’ll take care of the foreigners.”

Statement is from 2019

He made this statement in 2019 and has since repeated it again and again on social media channels or in interviews.
This statement can be found on Twitter in a tweet from January 8, 2019.

The fact that the image with the text quote can no longer be current can also be seen from the fact that Salvini is still named here as Interior Minister, which he was only until September 2019.
This message therefore has no connection with the current situation in Italy.

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Misleading statement

Basically, the statement itself is misleading, as Correctiv was able to find out with the help of the Italian Pagella Politica. According to him, the number that Salvini gives refers to Italian citizens.
However, if you look at the statistics, this includes all people in Italy - including all migrants.

There are more poor people among migrants or refugees who are now in Italy than among Italian citizens.

Source: correctiv.org
Article image: Alessia Pierdomenico / Shutterstock

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