Overview
- Carlo Calenda alleges Piazzapulita’s authors sought a guarantee he would attack Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the budget law as a condition for appearing, calling the request undemocratic.
- Corrado Formigli denies the account as false and defamatory, asserting Calenda was confirmed for the budget segment and later moved only after Monica Maggioni canceled.
- Formigli explains that producers routinely check guests’ stances to balance panels, citing the planned presence of Italo Bocchino, who supports the budget.
- The host challenges Calenda to waive parliamentary immunity so a defamation case can proceed in court.
- Senator Susanna Campione echoes concern and questions publisher Urbano Cairo about editorial practices, while the interview video circulates online and no legal filing or independent verification has been reported.