Overview
- - La Verità ran a front-page piece alleging Quirinale advisers discussed a broad centrist list and a “provvidenziale scossone” to hinder Giorgia Meloni.
- - The Presidency issued an unusually sharp note expressing “stupore” and saying the reconstruction “sconfina nel ridicolo.”
- - FdI capogruppo Galeazzo Bignami demanded a swift denial and later said his request was aimed at Garofani, as Palazzo Chigi figures reiterated full trust in President Mattarella.
- - Opposition parties including PD, M5S and Avs asked for an urgent parliamentary briefing from Meloni over what they called an unacceptable attack on the Presidency.
- - La Verità’s director Maurizio Belpietro confirmed the reporting, and coverage did not report a public denial by Garofani; Meloni said she expected the adviser’s smentita and dismissed opposition criticism.