At the time, the reformist left – comprising the PD, SEL and PSI, of which I was the secretary – avoided forming an alliance with the party led by the former magistrate. Who has changed their mind today? Riccardo Nencini, former secretary of the PSI, writes to us.

Dario Franceschini’s man in the North is a problem for Schlein. And next week brings a new twist: Pierfrancesco Majorino is launching his candidacy

Who wrote to the editor-in-chief, Claudio Cerasa

“Confusion reigns supreme in the halls of government, yet Giorgia Meloni has travelled to Brussels to ask for further flexibility. A request that lacks credibility,” says the senator

Data and satellites. Europeans oppose Trump’s blackouts in Ukraine

The U.S. President has decided to impose restrictions on the sharing of intelligence with the Ukrainians, and the devastating effect of this decision was immediately apparent. Data, satellites and the stance of European allies

The former Minister for Tourism will stand at the Carroccio’s extraordinary congress (representing the northerners). “It is clear that the vote must be by secret ballot,” he tells us

The two deputy prime ministers, as well as finalising the candidate list, are considering the potential to mobilise support ahead of the general election. But FdI and the prime minister are opposed. The plans of the ‘Azzurri’ leader in Sicily

The manager of the Spanish side, Juventus’s opponents in Europe, has fielded 55 different line-ups in his last 55 matches. He relies on young players and on the identity of a club that he has managed to lift from the lower reaches of La Liga to European competition.

Following their victory over Lillestrøm, the small Portuguese side – which still plays in the Portuguese second division – are set to take on Sunderland again

Yuki Imai of the Hokkaido Shimbun faces up to 20 years in prison on espionage charges. His arrest comes as Japan deepens military and intelligence cooperation with Kyiv, while Putin draws closer to Beijing over islands disputed with Tokyo

The Kremlin is working to shape the perception that the Ukrainians have been defeated; this is intended to convince the US president that such a protracted war is down to Zelensky’s stubbornness, and that the best way to end it is therefore to stop him. The front line amongst civilians in Kyiv

Just a few weeks ago, Le Pen and Bardella had condemned “the acts of hostility committed in Europe” by Russia, clearly distancing themselves from the Russian president. To the Financial Times, however, he suggested that financial aid to Ukraine should be halted within six months of his election

This time, the Prime Minister’s words reveal the backbone of a party aiming to secure over thirty per cent of the vote; there is a manifesto that the left is still struggling to draft; and there is a strategy that some call the ‘cannibalisation’ of allies, but which is in fact yet another gamble: the need to cover the centre, the right, and the centre-right.

In Brera, artificial intelligence moves beyond being just a buzzword and becomes a means of accessibility: the new Ray-Ban Meta glasses guide the visually impaired and blind visitors through the museum’s masterpieces. A pioneering project that transforms technology into independence and inclusion

Plans for a Chinese cultural centre at the entrance to Via Sarpi are dividing Milan: for many residents, it risks marking a symbolic boundary in a neighbourhood born of integration. Against this backdrop, Chinatown is becoming increasingly gastronomic and less cultural