Overview
- Galeazzo Bignami of Fratelli d'Italia demanded an immediate denial of La Verità’s story alleging presidential advisers discussed ways to hinder Giorgia Meloni.
- The Quirinale issued a sharp note expressing surprise at Bignami’s statement and saying the reconstruction was built by straying into the ridiculous.
- La Verità’s director Maurizio Belpietro reaffirmed the report word for word, which cited remarks attributed to adviser Francesco Saverio Garofani including a call for a 'providential jolt'.
- Garofani said he was upset and denied the existence of a plot against the government, though he did not comprehensively refute all quotations attributed to him.
- Opposition parties requested an urgent briefing from the prime minister, and after Meloni met President Sergio Mattarella, Palazzo Chigi said there is no institutional clash and conveyed her regret over Garofani’s public remarks.