Overview
- Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the leaders’ conversation closed the institutional dispute and reaffirmed respect for the presidency.
- Fratelli d’Italia and Forza Italia called the remarks attributed to Quirinale adviser Francesco Saverio Garofani inopportune, with some urging him to step back to safeguard the office.
- La Verità reported that Garofani spoke of averting a center-right victory in 2027 and floated a new “Ulivo” involving Ernesto Maria Ruffini and Romano Prodi, assertions not independently verified in the other coverage.
- Opposition figures including Giuseppe Conte and PD’s Chiara Gribaudo argued the governing parties are using the controversy to deflect from the budget and internal divisions.
- Right-leaning analysis framed the episode as evidence of a resistant “Deep State,” while Matteo Renzi called Garofani’s conduct a “leggerezza” and accused Giorgia Meloni of exploiting the case and eyeing the Quirinale.