Since 27 September, the newspaper founded by Lucio Magri and Rossana Rossanda has been hosting a debate which confirms that defending Kyiv with arms is not a taboo, even from the left. Interviewed by the Corriere, editor-in-chief Fabozzi says: “On the left, there has been too much delay in recognising Putin’s authoritarian tendencies.”

Berlusconi’s long-time girlfriend confesses to “her favourite obsession”. The target is not just the secretary: “I also write to Gasparri, Battistoni, Martusciello… All of them, whom I hold responsible for the decline of Forza Italia”

“President Napolitano stood in the way, preventing the whole truth from coming to light. I had hundreds of Mafia members arrested. Matteo Renzi put them forward as candidates.” The video response from the former public prosecutor (now part of the broad coalition with Onorato and La Vardera’s Civic Project) following the former prime minister’s remarks at the Festa del Foglio

According to the President of the Republic, defence spending to strengthen NATO on the European front is needed “to restore the balance in relation to Russia’s stance”. He adds: “No country can envisage a future separate from that of the others; it would be self-defeating.”

The strike called in Sicily and Calabria will last until 20 October, whilst in Puglia and Basilicata, spontaneous protests by lorry drivers and farmers are continuing. Rising fuel prices are becoming a matter of public order

The president of MFE, interviewed by Myrta Merlino, reveals the inside story of the 2022 election. And then there’s Craxi, who predicted Forza Italia would get 8 per cent, Pier Silvio, television and the Prime Minister: “She’s good, but too confrontational.”

The Minister for European Affairs tells Corriere: following Meloni’s speech in the Senate, “there are no more political excuses”. The centre-left and Futuro Nazionale? “They both vote against the government; they form a very broad coalition.”

Fanning the rhetoric of defeat paralyses us and renders all support futile. Remembering that deterrence can be effective against the sponsors of terror, and that military support can yield results, empowers us and points to a possible way forward. Facts, denials and courageous attempts to reaffirm the truth