The centre-right must start not with a frantic search for a candidate, but with a plan. The city comes first. And Milan needs not simply a name for its new mayor, but a new ambition

Amidst the toxic atmosphere created by the building sector investigations, the social resentment of the ‘excluded’ and a sense of insecurity, if there is ever a favourable opportunity for the right to retake Palazzo Marino, this is it. But the majority parties are more interested in Rome and the Quirinale

The three tenders concerning the former Palasharp, San Romanello and Bovisasca areas, which were due on 26 August, received no bids. Palazzo Marino has announced a further extension to 26 October. This is a welcome move for the construction sector, but not enough to alter the assessment of a plan deemed inadequate.

This 27th edition will focus on love. It will take place on 6 September, in the morning at the synagogue in Via Guastalla and in the afternoon at the Franco Parenti Theatre, with a packed and highly significant programme, particularly in these times

Environmental policies, provided they are compatible with development, are essential for the city. The City Council has presented its Green and Landscape Plan strategy, a programme that ‘is a step in the right direction but comes too late’, according to the Bocconi University lecturer

The journalist is becoming a problem for the secretary. With him in the running, how can the primaries be avoided? The management in Milan, which has its finger on the pulse of the region, had warned well in advance: if he decides to hold them, they will be hard to avoid. And he has decided

According to the research, there are two reasons why citizens do not turn out to vote: dissatisfaction and disaffection. And this spells doom for the entire political class

The general has his sights set on both Palazzo Marino and the Lombardy region, rallying a handful of former luminaries to the ranks of the far right