Overview
- Authority president Pasquale Stanzione said on TV that the four-member board will not resign and called the accusations unfounded, asserting the body’s autonomy.
- Commissioner Agostino Ghiglia rejected calls to quit, dismissed Report’s episode as trivial, and defended the €150,000 fine as proportionate under privacy law.
- Ghiglia acknowledged entering Fratelli d’Italia’s headquarters before the sanction vote but said the visit was unrelated and that his vote was not decisive.
- The dispute stems from Report’s airing of a private Sangiuliano audio, with the Garante fining Rai on October 23 and asserting Report used illegally obtained data, a claim the program denies.
- Recent investigations broadened scrutiny to alleged conflicts of interest, spending and the Meta case, while PD and M5S demanded the board’s resignation and some lawmakers floated higher parliamentary quorums for future appointments.