The PD leader has launched her candidacy and wants to set the tone for an ‘it’s me against her’ election campaign right from the start. And those at Palazzo Chigi do not seem at all opposed to this approach.

The government has accepted President Antonio Costa’s request to mark the 70th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome. This would be the first time since 2003 that the EU Council has been held at a venue other than Brussels.

Palazzo Chigi: the total cost is around one billion. The judges’ union: “We will assert our rights just like any other citizen”. This summer’s court rulings reported in August by Il Foglio

At one time, the Prime Minister considered this option taboo. Her advisers, however, showed her a different side of the story

Meloni and Frederiksen tabled a joint amendment at the European Council that criticised the mass regularisation programme carried out by Pedro Sánchez’s government. In addition to the Spanish Prime Minister, Emmanuel Macron and other leaders also opposed it. No agreement reached; the text was rejected.

Fanning the rhetoric of defeat paralyses us and renders all support futile. Remembering that deterrence can be effective against the sponsors of terror, and that military support can yield results, empowers us and points to a possible way forward. Facts, denials and courageous attempts to reaffirm the truth

The mechanism to counter interference by hostile powers deserves bipartisan support. It would send a significant political signal: the government and the opposition jointly recognising that the defence of national sovereignty also depends on the ability to prevent other countries from manipulating the views of Italian
voters