In foreign policy , the League has never had a particularly pro-United States stance , although it admires the American federal political system . The party 's MPs opposed both the Gulf War in 1991 and the NATO intervention in Kosovo in 1999 in the name of pacifism and Bossi personally met Slobodan Milošević during that war . However , after the September 11 attacks and the emergence of Islamic terrorism , the League became a supporter of the American efforts in the War on Terror while expressing several reservations about the Iraq War and the American policy in its aftermath . The League is also a staunch supporter of Israel . In 2011 , the party was severely opposed to the Italian participation in the war in Libya while in 2014 it opposed the sanctions on Russia , a key economic partner of Lombard and Venetian entrepreneurs and a likely ally in the fight against Islamic terrorism and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant . In March 2017 , the LN signed a cooperation protocol with United Russia
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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