Lavitola’s partner would like to change the name of the venue. A serious mistake. She should open a chain, starting in Milan. 

According to FdI, Alice Weidel’s party’s success in Saxony is down to grand coalition governments and green policies. The Prime Minister is looking increasingly confidently towards the March election and has drawn a red line for Vannacci

According to reports, the former president of +Europa was attended to at her home in the centre of the capital this afternoon and taken by ambulance as a code red emergency to Santo Spirito Hospital

The League leader against the secretary of Forza Italia: “Is the AfD’s victory a problem for him? It’s called democracy.” Awkwardness within FdI. Meloni remains silent. Bignami: “The popular vote must be respected. The two deputy prime ministers? They belong to different political families in Europe.” Vannacci: “The League is inconsistent: two years ago they ousted the AfD, and today Salvini is praising them. I’m increasingly convinced I did the right thing in leaving the party.”

The leader of Italia Viva, speaking at the Ambrosetti Forum, discusses the broad coalition: “We are not part of it; we are part of the centre-left.” On next year’s elections: “It makes sense to hold the election next May. Could Giorgia Meloni stand alongside Vannacci? In my view, no – she’d lose face.”

The Feltrinelli family built their fortune in the city; their bookshops are among the most diverse meeting places one could imagine in the frivolous ‘Milan of the nightlife’. What is needed is an unsuitable mayor, embodying a great Milanese tradition: the lake in which to fish is that of publishing

The General Assembly of Controcorrente and Progetto Civico Italia is becoming the testing ground for a new political alliance. The PD, M5S and AVS are no longer enough, say the civic groups: an independent civic force is needed to broaden the base and try to defeat Meloni

The former editor of Chora remains in “respectful anticipation” whilst in Milan the left must decide whether to select its candidate by a vote or by agreement. At national level, the PD MP and chairman of Copasir hopes that government policy issues will be decided before the vote takes place