“From now until midnight, I am joining the hunger strike organised by Pina Picierno to draw international attention to Oleshky, a Ukrainian town where thousands of people are trapped in territory occupied by the Russian army,” writes the leader of Azione. Over 400 people have signed up to the campaign launched by the Vice-President of the European Parliament.

The secretary of Azione on Rai Radio 1: “Renzi is with the left today, with Vannacci tomorrow. Marattin is now moving to the right but was the rapporteur for the Superbonus in the Conte II government.” Iv remains in the centre-left, the Libdems are looking to Meloni, whilst Azione and Picierno are in Bologna on 7 November

The Vice-President of the European Parliament at the Festival of Optimism: “Bring back the centre-left and the reformists will return. With Conte, Italy will no longer send weapons to Kyiv.”

Vice-President Hsiao Bi-khim’s visit upsets the balance of power between Rome, Brussels, Taipei and Beijing. China protests but avoids a formal confrontation with Italy. The very recent precedents

The Prime Minister is keenly interested in the future of the Third Pole. Not with a view to forming an alliance, mind you, but to explore potential future alliances. And to siphon off votes from the left