tug-of-warMeloni, ‘the stubborn one’. She corners Tajani on the issue of preferencesThe Prime Minister calls for “loyalty” and insists on her preferences, against the wishes of the Forza Italia Deputy Prime Minister (who relents) and the Berlusconis. The League warns: “Either we give in, or Meloni will go to the polls on her own. Or with Vannacci.”byCarmelo Caruso22 JUL 26
within the governmentMeloni and Arena. Vannacci goes after Salvini over Roggero and calls for Schlein and Conte to be ‘lynched’. To Chigi: ‘The General? Ask Renzi’The general is grabbing the headlines with AI and the national rubbish crisis – a way to regain the limelight and halt Salvini’s march towards the Ministry of the Interior. Bonelli: “In the end, Meloni will keep him in the coalition”byCarmelo Caruso21 JUL 26
