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Politics · Public order✓ 6 outlets · final text of the decree and date of the Council of Ministers meeting not confirmed

After the Palazzo Chigi summit a decree-law is expected: preventive detention of up to 24 hours, aggravated damage to property and more troops for Strade sicure

The Council of Ministers is called for Tuesday, October 20 at 5:30 p.m.; Mattarella speaks of “unacceptable violence” and asks for “a thorough analysis”.

The public-order summit called by Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Chigi took place on Monday, October 19, with ministers and the heads of the law-enforcement and intelligence services, ANSA reports. The agency writes that the Council of Ministers is called for Tuesday, October 20 at 5:30 p.m. and that a decree-law is expected after the street disorder. According to the Lega undersecretaries Molteni and Ostellari, quoted by ANSA, the text provides for preventive detention of up to 24 hours, the offence of aggravated damage to property and a strengthening of Strade sicure. Il Sole 24 Ore speaks of a response from the State that “will be firm” and of 500 more soldiers starting from Milan, while Defense Minister Guido Crosetto asks the Council of Ministers to approve a rule giving soldiers police-force functions, for three months only, according to ANSA. Il Fatto Quotidiano reports his remark: “It is pointless to announce more soldiers, they must be able to act as police forces.” Il Giornale lists among the options extending detention to minors, deferred arrest and a ban on gathering for violent offenders.

The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, called the violence “unacceptable” and expressed full solidarity with law enforcement, ANSA and La Repubblica report; according to Il Fatto Quotidiano he spoke of violence that “broke out unexpectedly from new faces” and for which “a thorough analysis is needed”. ANSA notes contacts between Palazzo Chigi and the Quirinale. Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani called a Forza Italia meeting on security and asked for Strade sicure to be strengthened, according to ANSA. The sources do not agree on timing: ilpoliticoweb.it describes the summit as ending without operational decisions and gives Friday, October 23 for the measure on minors, while ANSA’s reports speak of Tuesday’s Council of Ministers. Preventive detention, ilpoliticoweb.it recalls, had already been introduced in February after the chaos at the Askatasuna march, and the broader measures are already contained in a security bill stalled in the Senate.

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By the numbers
24 hoursmaximum length of preventive detention indicated by Molteni and Ostellari
500more soldiers starting from Milan, according to Il Sole 24 Ore
5:30 p.m.time of Tuesday’s Council of Ministers meeting on October 20, according to ANSA
Economy · Ex-Ilva✓ 5 outlets · outcome of the October 27 talks not known

Ex-Ilva workers from Cornigliano occupy Genoa airport: the cassa integrazione stays at 280 until the October 27 meeting

Workers from the ex-Ilva plant in Cornigliano occupied Genoa’s Cristoforo Colombo airport on Monday, October 19, write ANSA, Il Fatto Quotidiano and La Stampa; Il Fatto specifies that passengers were able to board. The protest followed the commissioners’ request for a new cassa integrazione and an inconclusive meeting at the Prefecture, according to ANSA. In the afternoon the occupation ended: ANSA reports that the cassa integrazione remains for only 280 workers until the talks with the government on October 27. According to Genova24, the commissioners’ request concerned 870 workers and was suspended after a communication from the Labor Ministry calling the parties to Palazzo Chigi. ANSA adds that the discussion on the Cigs will continue after the October 27 meeting and that the commissioners will stick to the parameters already authorized by the decree. TGCom24 and La Stampa describe the protest as a march toward the airport.

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News · David Rossi case✓ 5 outlets · neither of the two is reported to be under investigation

Death of David Rossi: the commission of inquiry names Giuseppe Mussari as the instigator of an act of intimidation and Gabriele Ceccherelli as its organizer; both deny it

The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the death of David Rossi, the former head of communications at Mps, named two alleged culprits on Monday, October 19, report ANSA, AGI and La Repubblica. The commission’s chairman, Gianluca Vinci, identified former Mps chairman Giuseppe Mussari as the “instigator of an act of intimidation” and Gabriele Ceccherelli as the person who allegedly chose the perpetrators, according to ANSA and La Stampa. Also according to La Stampa, Vinci explained that the intention was not to kill Rossi but to intimidate him, and that the information comes from conversations with prisoners; the commission will forward the documents to the public prosecutor’s office. Il Fatto Quotidiano writes that the accusations rest on two witnesses, a businessman close to the ’ndrangheta and a prisoner, and that Mussari called the accusations “insane and slanderous”. Rossi was found dead on March 6, 2013 beneath the window of his office in Siena, in Piazza Salimbeni, La Stampa recalls. Ceccherelli, Il Fatto reports, says he knows no one involved in the affair.

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Economy · Fuel prices✓ 5 outlets · length of the protest and talks with the government not announced

Truckers protesting high fuel prices block the A1 and A30 and a gate at the port of Naples: the mobilization runs from Campania to Sicily

The truckers’ protest against high fuel prices blocked the A1 motorway and the junction with the A30 Caserta-Salerno on Monday, October 19, report ANSA, Il Fatto Quotidiano and La Repubblica, which speaks of lorries stopped on the A1 with an 8-kilometer tailback. According to Sky TG24, the closure began around 3 a.m. and the A1-A30 junction was later reopened. TGCom24 writes of ports and roads blocked from Campania to Sicily, and La Repubblica reports disruption at the commercial port of Naples and a halt at the ports in Sicily. Sky TG24 adds that the mobilization also reaches Molise, Basilicata, Calabria and Puglia. Il Fatto Quotidiano describes bare shelves and panic buying in supermarkets, an effect of the protest by truckers and farmers in the South, with shopkeepers calling the situation “unsustainable”, while ANSA points to the risk of price rises on shelves. On Sunday evening, on Rai1, Fiorello had spoken of a protest in southern Italy: “They don’t break anything, but they deserve some light too,” ANSA reports.

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World · Migrants✓ 6 outlets · exact circumstances of the collision still to be clarified

Twelve migrants die in two shipwrecks in the Aegean, off Lesbos and Samos; on Lesbos six victims, including an infant, after a clash with a patrol boat

Twelve migrants died on Monday, October 19 in two shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea, report ANSA, La Stampa and Rai News. Six of the victims, including an infant, were on a boat that collided with a patrol boat: Il Fatto Quotidiano speaks of a Greek port-police patrol boat that rams and sinks the boat, while TGCom24 writes of a coast guard vessel. The second shipwreck, with another six victims, occurred near Samos, according to Il Fatto Quotidiano and La Stampa. Sky TG24 specifies that off Lesbos the motorboat was traveling without navigation lights and collided during a chase before capsizing, with eight survivors, and that off Samos there are fourteen survivors. Also according to Sky TG24, the Greek merchant marine minister blames the traffickers, and a 37-year-old Turkish citizen was arrested as the alleged driver. The exact circumstances of the collision remain under investigation.

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In brief
  • FranceAfter Prime Minister Lecornu’s call for “several curfews”, a curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. is planned at Place de la République in Paris; students blocked access to the Louvre (ANSA, La Stampa).
  • SpreadThe Btp-Bund spread widens and closes at 111.3 points, with the Btp yield at 4.56% and the French OAT at 4.93% (ANSA).
  • UkraineKushner and Witkoff will go to Norway this week for negotiations on Ukraine, and Zelensky is also expected, according to Reuters sources (ANSA).
  • VaticanPope Leo phoned Zelensky and asked for help with the evacuation of Oleshky (ANSA).
  • MediaRanucci chooses Rainews and informs the company of his decision; the former Report host returns to the newsroom where he worked from 1999 (ANSA).
  • NewsTheft at the Reggia di Venaria Reale: valuable watches stolen, the thieves fled and the carabinieri are investigating (ANSA, La Stampa).
  • HealthListeria risk: 59 batches of vitello tonnato, turkey and loin recalled, including Eurospin-brand products, according to the ministry’s website (ANSA).
  • EconomyThe Italian Sea Group receives five binding offers, two for the whole company; the proposals are being examined by the board (ANSA).
  • SoccerTotti returns to his farewell to football, “that day I died”, presenting the book Oltre (ANSA).
  • JournalismChristiane Amanpour leaves CNN after 43 years and will depart in June (ANSA).
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Unverified — what we could not confirm

“The security decree has already been approved by the Council of Ministers.” ANSA writes that the Council of Ministers is called for Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. and that the decree is “expected”; ilpoliticoweb.it instead gives Friday, October 23 for the measure on minors. No approved text appears in the reports.
“Soldiers will have police powers permanently.” Guido Crosetto asks for a rule on soldiers with police-force functions for three months only, according to ANSA; the text has not yet been approved.
“The Rome prosecutor admitted writing the post about Meloni.” Alessandro Di Cicco claims he was hacked and has filed a complaint, Fanpage and Il Fatto Quotidiano report; the reports contain no independent verification of the intrusion.

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  • Marracash Social (post) · 10/19The rapper writes in a long post that on the Milan protests 'you don't change things nicely' and 'we are only at the start' (Il Fatto Quotidiano).
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  • Benjamin Netanyahu X · 10/19Netanyahu writes on X about a call with Trump: 'together we will eliminate the Iranian threat' (ANSA).
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INSIDEAfter the Palazzo Chigi summit a decree-law is expected: preventive detention of up to 24 hours, aggravated damage to property and more troops for Strade sicurePolitics · Public orderEx-Ilva workers from Cornigliano occupy Genoa airport: the cassa integrazione stays at 280 until the October 27 meetingEconomy · Ex-IlvaDeath of David Rossi: the commission of inquiry names Giuseppe Mussari as the instigator of an act of intimidation and Gabriele Ceccherelli as its organizer; both deny itNews · David Rossi caseTruckers protesting high fuel prices block the A1 and A30 and a gate at the port of Naples: the mobilization runs from Campania to SicilyEconomy · Fuel pricesTwelve migrants die in two shipwrecks in the Aegean, off Lesbos and Samos; on Lesbos six victims, including an infant, after a clash with a patrol boatWorld · Migrants