Hundreds of flights cancelled due to volcanic ash, thousands of passengers stranded at Catania airport. Messina MPs Tommaso Calderone and Matilde Siracusano (Forza Italia) are once again calling for the major infrastructure project. “But we also need railways and roads. Infrastructure has no political colour.”

Lombardy’s President Fontana speaks of a step backwards, whilst in Lega chat groups a showdown erupts between southerners and northerners. Durigon: “There are those who want the much-maligned Rome…”. And at the Ministry of the Interior, Piantedosi’s position is being reinforced

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A law to protect patients, safeguard doctors and prevent regulatory chaos. Stefania Craxi, leader of the Forza Italia group in the Senate, writes to us