Overview

• Democratic Party councillors Beatrice Uguccioni and Carlo Monguzzi formally proposed the Ambrogino d'oro for the Global Sumud Flotilla, naming mission leader Margherita Cioppi.
• Lawyer Annamaria Bernardini de Pace, honored in 2015, told Mayor Giuseppe Sala she will hand back her award if the flotilla is recognized and asked to do so at the same ceremony.
• In her letter she called the flotilla a political provocation tied to opaque funding and warned that legitimizing ideological ambiguity risks normalizing anti‑Jewish prejudice.
• Palazzo Marino responded that decisions on civic merits rest with the city council, and Sala noted he will not intervene on nominations.
• Opposition figures moved to block the bid, with the League’s Samuele Piscina proposing President Donald Trump and Forza Italia’s Luca Bernardo threatening to boycott the ceremony, as other councillors advanced alternative nominees and the filing deadline approaches Wednesday.