Currently, criminal responsibility is not automatically attributed to minors aged between 14 and 18. Under the government’s amendments to the Criminal Code, this will change: the inability to understand and form intent will have to be demonstrated on a case-by-case basis. Meloni: “Anyone who assaults, robs or vandalises must always be held to account, even if they are 15 or 16 years old”

Schlein has proposed an agreement to all parties on artificial intelligence: “Let’s not use AI to attribute fabricated words or facts to our opponents.” Meloni told Il Foglio: “It’s an issue I raised before anyone else: I agree.”

“It was clear that the decision by the mayor of Bologna would have provided an excellent pretext for the usual suspects from the social centres and the protest movement to run the city ragged,” says the Prime Minister. On the Roggero case: “There is a question of proportionality regarding the penalties imposed.” Preferences? “I haven’t changed my mind.”

Democracy, long held in check; the needs of the ‘little people’; the Second Republic. And the reforms that lie ahead. Because ‘liberal’ does not rhyme with ‘proportional’

The Prime Minister calls for “loyalty” and insists on her preferences, against the wishes of the Forza Italia Deputy Prime Minister (who relents) and the Berlusconis. The League warns: “Either we give in, or Meloni will go to the polls on her own. Or with Vannacci.”

“I have always believed that politics should be about ideas, consensus and the citizens’ vote, never about intimidation. But the left must distance itself from those who stir up hatred,” says the Prime Minister

It’s not just about electoral law: issues relating to the justice system (including self-defence) could highlight divisions within Forza Italia. And the Prime Minister fears that the parliamentary group might act as it did on the issue of preferential votes

The general is grabbing the headlines with AI and the national rubbish crisis – a way to regain the limelight and halt Salvini’s march towards the Ministry of the Interior. Bonelli: “In the end, Meloni will keep him in the coalition”