Rome, Open Borders & the Man Who Said No: Meeting Matteo Salvini

Step out of the taxi in Rome and the change hits you instantly: not Italian voices, not Italian guides, but a reality now familiar across Europe’s capital cities. From Paris to Rome, the question isn’t if things are changing, but how fast and what these cities will look like in ten years if nothing stops it. Today we visit the Colosseum and then meet Matteo Salvini, the man who, long before it was acceptable, refused to open Italy’s borders, faced relentless prosecutions, media smears, court battles and won. Once branded “extreme,” his views are now proving prophetic. This is Rome, reality, and the reckoning Europe can no longer avoid.