“I could never maintain that grace that is so characteristic of you. Listening to you over the past four years, I’ve realised why I could never have done your job,” writes Berlusconi’s long-standing doctor

Giorgia Meloni’s party has fallen to 26.4 per cent, whilst Fn has risen to 7.6 per cent and FI stands at 7.9 per cent. The Democratic Party stands at 21.9 per cent, with the Five Star Movement (11.5 per cent) and the League (4.9 per cent) down. Calenda’s support has risen to 3.7 per cent, whilst Italia Viva has fallen to 2.1 per cent. The poll was conducted for SkyTg24

The Central Bank has invited Europeans to give their views, until 21 September, on the five series of banknotes for each of the two chosen themes, ‘European Culture’ and ‘Rivers and Birds’. From Maria Callas to Leonardo da Vinci to the kingfisher. Here are the designs

Spending is below the OECD average. There is a reason for this. Report by Mediobanca

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is courting anti-vaxxers, and today’s figures are the worst in 35 years

Mayor Roberto Gualtieri is offering free cinema screenings in Rome as a way to beat the heat, thereby breaking a taboo 

Currently, criminal responsibility is not automatically attributed to minors aged between 14 and 18. Under the government’s amendments to the Criminal Code, this will change: the inability to understand and form intent will have to be demonstrated on a case-by-case basis. Meloni: “Anyone who assaults, robs or vandalises must always be held to account, even if they are 15 or 16 years old”

Energy shock, part two. US President Trump’s announcement this evening of a massive attack on Iran, coupled with fears that, in addition to the Strait of Hormuz, shipping through the Red Sea may also be disrupted following the Houthis’ attack on a Saudi oil tanker, and the price of Brent crude, have shifted investor sentiment

Sales of electric and hybrid vehicles are rising, at the expense of petrol and diesel cars. Chinese brands are driving market growth