reports from the ministryAn ambassador bearing bad news: the strange atmosphere between Chigi and the FarnesinaDiplomats removed, demoted, left without political protection; the Mattei Plan bypassing the Foreign Ministry. The Fabrizi case exposes a system which, after four years, is now presenting the bill. Are there limits to Chigi? A check-up byLuca Gambardella4 SEP 26
following the vote in VenetoThe debate on assisted suicide has lost its way. Catholic, but not onlyIn the black hole between Camus’s philosophical question and regionalised end-of-life care, all serious debate has vanished. What remains amidst Zaia’s volatility and the Church’s all-too-frequent ‘neither-nor’ stance?byMaurizio Crippa4 SEP 26
The Meloni government’s recordMeloni’s performance was good, but the ministers’ was less sobyBarbara Beltrame Giacomello4 SEP 26