Crosetto, Piantedosi and Pichetto Fratin will be attending the ‘Sud Chiama Nord’ event next week. Senate President Ignazio La Russa and several deputy ministers will also be present. The significance of Cateno De Luca’s one per cent for the centre-right

Following the violence in Milan, the security decree strikes a balance between the hardline stance of Salvini and Crosetto and the Quirinale’s restrictions: new criminal offences and pre-trial detention, but no police powers for the army. The right wanted more uniformed officers; the left looks to Jericho. And the Colle draws the line

The Defence Minister: “Young people are being misled on social media and the West is not reacting”. The security services are monitoring accounts that comment on videos of the clashes

The Defence Minister: “What frightens me most is the weakness of our air defence. With low-cost drones, even a group of terrorists could cause us problems.” And on Italian politics: “Early elections? I’m not aware of any.”

When a shipping route is disrupted, “goods arrive late, costs rise and prices go up for households and businesses. And every economic crisis hits the most vulnerable people hardest,” said the Defence Minister

Whilst the Defence Minister warns of the risks of hybrid warfare, in the European Parliament, FdI votes alongside Vannacci and the Lega against a body tasked with tackling foreign interference. The Melonian MEP said: “Crosetto is right, but the crux of democratic resilience has nothing to do with drones and could become yet another tool in the hands of someone in the EU to judge and interfere in member states’ elections, even against the conservatives.”