The Criminal Chambers have no intention of shelving their defeat or relinquishing their political role within the legal profession. At the congress in Brescia, there was a call to revive long-standing battles – from the relationship between prosecutors and judges to the ‘media courts’ – and to usher in a new era of generational renewal.

Five months on, the ‘curse of the “No” vote’ has hit the winners harder than the losers: from the opposition in disarray to the failures of the moralists’ party