The leader of the Five Star Movement has reiterated his statements regarding Ukraine and the primaries: “Over the last few days, I have said and repeated the same things that the M5S and I have been saying for four years.” A broad coalition has agreed on a single resolution ahead of Giorgetti’s statement tomorrow on defence and energy

At the Festa dell’Unità in Villalunga, Reggio Emilia, the secretary of the PD kept the audience on tenterhooks as they awaited a response to the Five Star Movement leader’s statements on Ukraine. But nothing: the heatwave, the referendum, free work placements, the Constitution. She would speak about Conte twenty-four hours later, but without mentioning Putin

On both sides, the pitfalls of internal competition and the quest for consensus risk transforming a normalised, stable and rather shrewd – though not indecent – country into one that is uglier, more resentful and less civilised. The difficult coming-of-age test of the elections 

From Schlein to Grillo, via Tremonti and Di Maio, amid concerns and comebacks. “I sense there’s a strange buzz surrounding certain figures,” says the leader of the M5S

ETS, tariffs, wages, renewables. Following Draghi, Prodi and Gentiloni, the secretary of the Democratic Party met with the head of the industrialists’ association. Preview from Il Foglio