“We will do everything we can to stop the electoral law, from public campaigns to legal challenges. I would prefer Schlein to lead the broad coalition, but there is currently no coalition. We are not afraid of disappearing,” says the party secretary

The cyberattack on the digital bank and the Home Office’s response regarding the eight Italian customers affected. “From the undersecretary’s words, it did not seem to me that there was any intention to find out what had happened, nor, indeed, to put things right,” says the MP

According to the president of the M5S, “the conditions are not in place to work with the Prime Minister: she should step down and let us get on with our work”. Meanwhile, the leader of AVS adds: “It is a mistake to collaborate with those who have brought Italians to their knees”.

The event organised by Franceschini, Orlando and Speranza had been scheduled to take place at the same time as Matteo Renzi’s Leopolda conference in Florence. The debate on the electoral law, due to be debated in the Chamber of Deputies on 28 September, also played a part in the decision.

“His expulsion was inevitable; he passed information to the enemy – that is, to you journalists. And besides, his think tank had nothing to do with Vannacci.” So says the “Black Baron”, whilst the leader of the FN remains silent

“It would be better to avoid the primaries. I would prefer that the electorate not be faced with the choice between Conte and Schlein, which risks being divisive,” says the former public prosecutor who handled the state-Mafia negotiations