Overview
- President Sergio Mattarella spoke at the Quirinale on Wednesday and condemned violence while saying the core problem is a broad youth malaise linked to insecurity about work and life.
- He urged that punitive moves alone are not enough and called for study, coordinated policies and social investment to make returning to Italy attractive for the large number of young people who have left.
- The speech followed the government's fast approval of a security decree on minors after weekend unrest in Milan, with the Quirinale reported to have objected to a provision extending military police powers.
- Mattarella tied Italy's generational crisis to wider strains on the economy, citing higher energy costs, low wages, weak productivity and growing private tech monopolies that can shape markets and freedoms.
- He invoked Luigi Einaudi's anti-monopoly argument to press for national and EU rules to check concentrated private power and said business, schools and social policy must link to rebuild intergenerational cohesion.