Carmelo Caruso

The former Defence Minister, leader of the Democratic Party’s reformists: “We cannot wait for the primaries; with the former Prime Minister, we need to decide the line now. If he splits the broad coalition, he will bear the responsibility. Ukraine is being supported by the supply of weapons. The PD will support Kyiv”

The editor-in-chief of Tg La7: “Television is what I love doing.” And La Repubblica? “It’s run by Stefano Cappellini, who worked with me on Matrix – he’s a friend.” Meanwhile, the company is being hollowed out, following the resignation of Mario Orfeo and the departure of Francesco Dini, the figurehead during the De Benedetti years

From Schlein to Grillo, via Tremonti and Di Maio, amid concerns and comebacks. “I sense there’s a strange buzz surrounding certain figures,” says the leader of the M5S

The guardian of the PCI’s memory: “If you leave a party, you go home. Better to be wrong with the Church than to be right on your own”

The contract of the director of Tg La7 expires at the end of December, but it contains a clause that he signed when he joined the Cairo network, which could prevent him from taking up another post for 18 months. Creative solutions are being sought

The Deputy Prime Minister announced in Parliament that Italy would join the European defence loan scheme, but was then forced by the government to backtrack. Attacks from the League and the opposition. This is the general’s doing

Since yesterday, a ‘ranking list’ has been doing the rounds in ministers’ chat groups, bringing a smile to some and a sense of gloom to those at the bottom. It is not known who commissioned it, but the criteria are clear: results, adherence to the PNRR timetable, and dossier management