Politics

The interview

Guerini says: “Conte is overreacting. One Vannacci is enough. The PD-M5S alliance needs to be clarified now”

The former Defence Minister, leader of the Democratic Party’s reformists: “We cannot wait for the primaries; with the former Prime Minister, we need to decide the line now. If he splits the broad coalition, he will bear the responsibility. Ukraine is being supported by the supply of weapons. The PD will support Kyiv”

Carmelo Caruso

4 AUG 26

The case

Schlein rebuffs Conte: “That’s not how it works in Kyiv”. Fratoianni: “Whoever wins the primaries isn’t the leader”

The secretary responds to her ally-rival. Following the M5S leader’s comments on Ukraine, Renzi calls for an ‘ironclad’ pact on the campaign stalls, whilst Magi issues an ultimatum: “If the primaries determine the programme, we’re not having any of it.” The puzzle of resolutions ahead of Giorgetti’s announcements

Ruggiero Montenegro

4 AUG 26

Schlein rebuffs Conte: “That’s not how it works in Kyiv”. Fratoianni: “Whoever wins the primaries isn’t the leader”

The event

The Piantedosi model: he responds to Sánchez, tightens ties with Algeria and revives the return hubs. The EU summit takes place today

Following the clash with Madrid, the Home Secretary is defending the figures on arrivals and attempting to shift the migration issue to the European level. Agreements with third countries, hubs outside the EU and the Albanian model as a pilot for a new strategy. Today’s video conference with his European counterparts

Ruggiero Montenegro

4 AUG 26

The Minister of the Interior, Matteo Pintedosi – photo: LaPresse

the draft

Attilio Fontana’s ‘party’

The League governor sends the constitution of a new party via chat: “It’s a sign of the League’s discontent”

Carmelo Caruso

4 AUG 26

Something doesn’t add up

The ‘vultures’ who support Sánchez. Even mass repatriations have become acceptable, if the left carries them out

The managerial and political responsibility for what happened in Ceuta cannot be shifted onto the shoulders of other countries. What casts doubt on Mediterranean solidarity, however, is above all the rhetorical hypocrisy that has been mounting here for days, aimed at applauding the Spanish government whilst seeking to cast the Italian government in a negative light

Maurizio Crippa

4 AUG 26

Stubbornly stick to them

Elly Schlein, amidst the ‘salamelle’ of L’Unità, surveys Creation whilst Conte adopts a Putin-like stance

At the Festa dell’Unità in Villalunga, Reggio Emilia, the secretary of the PD kept the audience on tenterhooks as they awaited a response to the Five Star Movement leader’s statements on Ukraine. But nothing: the heatwave, the referendum, free work placements, the Constitution. She would speak about Conte twenty-four hours later, but without mentioning Putin

Salvatore Merlo

4 AUG 26