Overview
- Criticizing recent court decisions as undercutting police and Parliament, Meloni said 2026 will bring tougher public-safety steps, including a new measure targeting youth gangs.
- She said the Cabinet will fix the referendum date by January 17 with March 22–23 as the most probable window, and she stated she will not resign if voters reject the reform.
- On Ukraine, she backed NATO guarantees and logistical or multinational support rather than sending Italian troops, and said it is time for the EU to engage Moscow in talks.
- Addressing coalition strains, she singled out League MEP Roberto Vannacci for opposing the Ukraine-aid decree, which she still expects to pass; Vannacci reiterated his stance against arms for Kyiv.
- On international and consular dossiers, she welcomed steps to free political detainees in Venezuela and said Italy has worked daily for about 400 days on the Alberto Trentini case until he can reunite with his mother.