The controversial magistrateMazzi’s “Guerri” is also sought after by the Competition AuthorityThe chief of staff to the Minister for Tourism has been approached by the new chairman of the AGCM, Saverio Valentino, who would like her to serve as secretary-general of the independent authority. However, in addition to being a celebrity agent, Mazzi is now also a guardian of chiefs of staff.byCarmelo Caruso19 SEP 26
Tony CensurinoTajani against “the defectors”. The clash with ZangrilloThe Deputy Prime Minister, formerly the leader of the moderates, now speaks like a staunch supporter of the Gd. He is critical of the Minister for Public Administration: “Anyone who plots against the party is a deserter”. Give us back the old TonybyCarmelo Caruso18 SEP 26
The Pedestrian on the Hill“Meloni isn’t sure whether to go to the polls first”. At the traffic lights with GarofaniMattarella’s adviser speaks out: “We need to know what the Prime Minister wants. The Quirinale doesn’t make the decisions; it can only take note.” And on von der Leyen’s speech: “of the very highest standard”byCarmelo Caruso18 SEP 26
tv“Ranucci isn’t Biagi. He should have left. The video is like cocaine.” Rizzo Nervo speaks out“Following the investigations, I would have expected a simple statement from the former presenter of Report: ‘Lavitola is no longer my friend and I am bringing a civil action’,” says the editor-in-chief of the Gazzetta del Sud, who spent many years at RAI and headed up TGR and TG3.byCarmelo Caruso18 SEP 26
VANNACCI AND SURROUNDINGSA Colosimo for Vannacci. Chiara with FdI, Nicola in FNThe general is expanding his team by recruiting from the ranks of the military and former diplomats. The cousin of the chair of the parliamentary anti-Mafia commission has been appointed to manage social media. byCarmelo Caruso17 SEP 26
Grand Hotel PlazaZampolli is reported to have negotiated, and possibly met, with Conte’s father-in-law regarding the hotel, stating, “I like it, but the price isn’t right.”A PD insider confides that Cesare Paladino met with Trump’s senior representative: “Let’s just say I meet a lot of people.” And regarding the purchase of the Plaza, “interest remains”. As for the price, “we’re in talks but we’re waiting for more acceptable terms”.byCarmelo Caruso17 SEP 26
Propaganda and truthSalvini scraps the road tax but upsets Fontana. He wants a ‘speedy’ Pontida event with subsidised buses to fill the fieldA rally lasting no more than an hour is being organised. The travel expenses? The MPs are footing the bill. It will be a ‘Pontida’ rally centred on identity, with no foreigners present because the ‘punkofasci’ have, thankfully, chosen to stay at home. Nobody feels like speaking, not even Zaia, and even Giulia Bongiorno, the last to speak, is said to have suggested to the secretary that he should think about the future. The only thing uniting them is Bossi.byCarmelo Caruso17 SEP 26
Awaiting Istat figuresMeloni and the possibility of keeping the deficit at 3.1 per cent. No to a deviation“Elections can be won or lost, but once credibility is lost, you cannot regain it. I do not want to lose it,” says the Prime Minister. It is then that she dispels the fears of those, such as Salvini, who are calling for her to deviate from the budgetbyCarmelo Caruso16 SEP 26
THE CONGRESSCall me by my other nameYoung activists began chanting “Elena” (without informing the older participants), while the older participants responded by applauding Elly (having not been briefed by the younger activists). Below the stage, a remark that was both authentic and incisive: “What on earth? We’re even divided over the name.” byCarmelo Caruso16 SEP 26
What’s missing is the truthThe silence of the Ranucci family, whom no one dared to disturbAs the presenter leaves the studio in a melodramatic video, it is time to recall anonymous letters regarding harassment, threats and RAI audits that were shelved because there was no one to oversee thembyCarmelo Caruso15 SEP 26