The initiative was launched jointly with Denmark and endorsed by 22 countries: “We are deeply concerned about recent developments at the EU’s external border in Ceuta. We are determined to prevent human traffickers from undermining the integrity of the external borders.”

“The majority is certainly not doing the former Secretary of Justice any favours; it is making his position worse and casting it in a light of doubt and suspicion,” says the chair of the Chamber’s authorisations committee

The editor-in-chief of Tg La7: “Television is what I love doing.” And La Repubblica? “It’s run by Stefano Cappellini, who worked with me on Matrix – he’s a friend.” Meanwhile, the company is being hollowed out, following the resignation of Mario Orfeo and the departure of Francesco Dini, the figurehead during the De Benedetti years

The former minister has spoken out against the “crisis responses” of the government and the EU. “Suspending the treaty could lead to outcomes contrary to those hoped for. What is needed now is a genuine pact between the EU and Africa, one that does not leave us vulnerable to blackmail by individual countries and criminal organisations, as happened in Morocco”

“What happened in Ceuta is clearly an organised exodus aimed at putting pressure on the government in Madrid,” says the former Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and magistrate. On the subject of security: “On an issue such as this, it would be good if the majority and the opposition could find some common ground.”

“The centre-left has become something else entirely: if you were to take the Olive Tree coalition’s 1996 manifesto, today it would seem like blasphemy to a broad coalition influenced by the extremes. The same applies to the right: the former general is incompatible with liberal values,” says the MP. “In Ceuta, we are witnessing Morocco’s blackmail in action.”

The majority’s resolution does not privatise healthcare but offers a sound middle way

The Ministry of the Interior has ordered the closure of the sea and air borders with Spain. The decision follows the meeting of the immigration committee chaired this morning at the Ministry of the Interior by Minister Piantedosi