Overview

• Three secret ballots in the Chamber denied authorization to proceed, with roughly 251 votes against trial for Carlo Nordio and Alfredo Mantovano and 256 against for Matteo Piantedosi, surpassing the 201-vote absolute majority threshold.
• The outcome confirms the Giunta’s advice that the officials acted for a preeminent public interest related to security considerations and will be formalized to the Tribunale dei Ministri for archiving.
• The investigation into Justice Ministry chief of staff Giusi Bartolozzi remains active, with the relator calling her a “co-indagata laica,” and prosecutors expected to move once the ministers’ cases are formally archived.
• The tallies exceeded the governing bloc’s declared numbers, indicating defections from parts of the opposition under the secret ballot.
• Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attended the vote, opposition leaders denounced the decision in heated exchanges, and the magistrates’ association ANM condemned Nordio’s harsh remarks about the Tribunale dei Ministri.