Overview
- In a new interview, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said the protests around the Virtus–Maccabi EuroLeague game were an unacceptable attempt to prevent an Israeli team from playing.
- Piantedosi dismissed Mayor Matteo Lepore’s demand that the Interior Ministry reimburse about €100,000 in municipal damage, insisting costs be recovered from those who caused them.
- He said proposals from the city focused on moving the match to another municipality, a solution he called unworkable because it would simply shift the same security problem elsewhere.
- Authorities reported sixteen injured officers in the Bologna clashes, which followed similar tensions seen when Israeli teams have played in Italy this year.
- Political fallout widened as Forza Italia’s Maurizio Gasparri announced planned legal action against PD administrators over their criticism of police, drawing a sharp rebuke from PD figure Igor Taruffi.