The general is at Montecitorio for a press conference on energy and migrants. “Salvini? He doesn’t count for anything. Will I become an MP? We’ll see – I feel like a fish out of water here.”

The Minister for Education has announced a new circular to limit the number of pupils with non-Italian citizenship in classrooms. However, on average across the country, they account for only 12 per cent of the total number of pupils enrolled

Futuro Nazionale stands at 7.2, just 0.2 percentage points behind Forza Italia, which has fallen to 7.4. FdI remains stable at 27. The Lega (5.5) and the PD (20.6) are down. The M5S rises to 13, whilst AVS remains at 6.5. The SWG poll for La7

 “Fewer deportations than under Conte and Renzi. At last, even the left, hailing the deportations to Ceuta, endorses the concept of remigration,” says the general. “Regularisation is a disaster; Europe and Italy must change course. Are we to side with this right-wing government? If anything, they will have to agree with us.”

The Deputy Prime Minister announced in Parliament that Italy would join the European defence loan scheme, but was then forced by the government to backtrack. Attacks from the League and the opposition. This is the general’s doing

What does it mean to be a patriot today? What does it mean to recognise one’s enemies today? What does it mean to defend our country today? What does it mean to combat the patriotism of impostors? “A patriot is someone who defends their homeland, not someone who acts to make it more vulnerable to external threats.”

Using a medical metaphor, the Defence Minister debunks Futuro Nazionale’s propaganda on arms: “To say that stopping aid to Ukraine will end the conflict is like saying that if I don’t treat a patient in hospital, I’ll free up a bed. In the same way, if we don’t help Ukraine, it will disappear. That’s not how problems are solved.”

New electoral law, an alliance without the general, a gamble on the right’s majority-voting orientation and, should the bonus not be awarded, dialogue – but only after the elections. This is how the centre-right can circumvent the problem posed by Futuro Nazionale