“Only some imbecile or useful idiot could think that the threats are our doing. We will assess any necessary action with our lawyers,” say national spokespeople Giuliano Granato and Marta Collot. The PD has expressed its solidarity with the MEP: “No intimidation will make us back down”

“Fourteen years and nine months is the sentence for premeditated murder, not for a situation as complicated as his. Advice on life in prison? He should keep as active as possible. I’ll soon be meeting Professor Gasperini to discuss justice on the ‘Futuro Nazionale’ programme,” says the former mayor of Rome