The verdict against the veteran French politician is “a declaration of war by Brussels,” Matteo Salvini has said Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has condemned the verdict against French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen as “a declaration of war by Brussels.” Le Pen has been sentenced to four years in prison on embezzlement charges and barred from running for president in 2027. In a post on X on Monday, Salvini compared the outcome of the trial in Paris to the recent barring of