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

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.

Pros and cons of a possible agreement with the EU on a price cap for thermal power stations. Energy market experts De Giorgio and Tabarelli have their say

Sharing the article from Il Foglio featuring the full text of Prime Minister John O’Sullivan’s speech on X, he comments: “I have rarely read so much common sense in such a short space of time.”

The Prime Minister’s response. To the Vannacci supporters: “Whose interests are you defending?”. To the left: "Before trying to bring Putin and Trump together, try getting Magi and Fratoianni to agree on a single resolution." The two respond with a photo. Conte: "I have never denied an increase in military spending in my governments." Schlein follows: "We are the real game-changers." Cross-voting on abstentions across the broad coalition on the resolutions

In the explanations of vote following the Prime Minister’s address, the leader of Italia Viva criticised her role in the EU: “Over the past four years, either you have failed in Europe, or this is not what Europe is all about.” Clash between Pirondini and Malan. The crux of the matter lay in two resolutions tabled by the majority, which were approved by the Chamber. Those from the centre-left were ruled out.

Competitiveness, Ukraine, the multi-annual budget, the Middle East, defence and security, migration, enlargement and reforms: ahead of the forthcoming European Council, the Prime Minister addresses Parliament. Here is the full speech and the responses