Overview

• The court rescinded all stay-and-access bans in Naples’ designated ‘zone rosse’, ending restrictions first imposed last December.
• Judges ruled that the protracted nine-month enforcement addressed ordinary public-order issues rather than an unforeseen emergency, violating the temporariness requirement for urgent ordinances.
• The tribunal emphasized that extraordinary prefectoral powers demand genuine, exceptional justification and cannot become a routine response to microcriminality.
• Municipal councillors Chiara Capretti and Pino De Stasio and allied associations hailed the verdict as a defence of democratic checks and fundamental rights.
• Prefect Michele Di Bari plans to appeal to the Council of State, setting the stage for a fresh review of the government’s ‘zone rosse’ strategy.