Overview

• Fratelli d’Italia leader Galeazzo Bignami sought the commemoration and asked Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi to brief on protests in 81 squares, highlighting serious unrest in Milan.
• Opposition lawmakers, led by M5S’s Riccardo Ricciardi, accused the majority of using Kirk’s killing for partisan propaganda.
• Deputies from FdI and the Lega defended honoring Kirk, voiced empathy, and underscored solidarity with police and free expression.
• PD’s Gianni Cuperlo condemned the murder but argued Kirk should not be held up as a freedom symbol because of his controversial remarks.
• Luca Ciriani stood by a disputed comparison to a climate like the Brigate Rosse, and despite sharp rhetoric the confrontation did not turn physical.