Overview

• A year after filing an exposé with the national anti-mafia prosecutor, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s warnings about click day irregularities have been vindicated by judicial findings.
• Police and magistrates in Campania dismantled an organized ring that manufactured synthetic identities, orchestrated sham hires and leveraged criminal clan links to sell illegal residence permits.
• Fratelli d’Italia secured an urgent parliamentary briefing from Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi on the investigation after rallying support from the Partito Democratico.
• The PD denounced the government’s migration strategy as a “farce,” accusing it of failing to stem human trafficking despite the high-profile repatriation of suspects like Almasri.
• In a video message to Confcommercio, Meloni highlighted Italy’s first-quarter GDP growth outpacing France and Germany and unveiled plans to cut taxes for self-employed workers and professionals.