“It must be clear that Kyiv cannot be left without the means to defend its civilians,” says the Democratic senator. “There is no conflict between advancing diplomacy and providing aid to the resistance of a country that has been invaded.”

“We really hope we can sit down at the table. We need a coherent plan to ensure we have a five-year parliamentary term,” says the leader of the M5S. “A name for a European negotiator? I’ve got one; it would suit the United States, Russia and China, but I won’t say who it is so as not to jeopardise their chances.” And what about the wealth tax? “It’s never worked; I’ll take the figures to Bonelli and Fratoianni.”

The Carroccio senator on Cartabianca: “I didn’t vote for the latest aid package.” He adds, with satisfaction, that since the start of the year Kyiv has received no means of defending itself. Sensi on social media: “This is the Lega’s idea of peace. Fine words in the chamber, but then the facts are these – disarming, so to speak.”

Futuro Nazionale falls to 7.2 per cent (-0.5) and Forza Italia (7.4) returns as the country’s fourth-largest political force. FdI stands at 27.2 per cent, the Lega at 6 per cent. Among the wider political spectrum, only Avs (6.4 per cent) is on the rise, whilst the PD (20.1 per cent) and M5S (12.4 per cent) are down. The survey for Agi

Patuanelli criticises the government’s ‘primary surplus’, whilst the PD does not question it. The centre-left needs clarification not only on foreign policy, but also on economic policy

The two deputy prime ministers, as well as finalising the candidate list, are considering the potential to mobilise support ahead of the general election. But FdI and the prime minister are opposed. The plans of the ‘Azzurri’ leader in Sicily

The former Minister for Tourism will stand at the Carroccio’s extraordinary congress (representing the northerners). “It is clear that the vote must be by secret ballot,” he tells us

“Confusion reigns supreme in the halls of government, yet Giorgia Meloni has travelled to Brussels to ask for further flexibility. A request that lacks credibility,” says the senator