The new National Newspaper launches, 'pact with readers: free to blame us'

The adventure of the new National Quotidiano starts from today and at the presentation event at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome the publisher Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio assures that he intends to focus increasingly on the sector.

"Absolutely yes", he replies to reporters who ask him if he intends to make new investments, before speaking of a "great start".

At the event, in addition to the heir of the founder of Luxottica who arrived with his daughter Bianca in his arms, many political and institutional representatives, from the President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa to the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with her sister Arianna, up to the ministers Matteo Salvini, Matteo Piantedosi and Antonio Tajani and the Undersecretary of Publishing Alberto Barachini. Also present was the Undersecretary of Culture Lucia Borgonzoni.

"When a newspaper renews itself and grows, democracy grows," said the latter. Elly Schlein, Giuseppe Conte, Angelo Bonelli and Matteo Renzi spoke for the opposition. The mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri said he was happy with the choice of the capital as the venue. Among others also the president of Agcom Giacomo Lasorella, the president of Fieg Andrea Riffeser Monti, Bruno Vespa and Fedez, who have been close to Del Vecchio for some months now, and Giovanni Malagò.

During the Del Vecchio event, the CEO Gabriele Benedetto, the editorial director Mario Orfeo and the director Agnese Pini outlined the outlines of the editorial project. "Let's start today because every beginning is also a declaration of intent. November 5, 2026 is the day after the American Midterms, which in other times we would have documented as a natural mid-term cut of the largest Western democracy, but which today mark the starting point of the election year to come", Pini wrote today in his editorial entitled "A new newspaper and a pact with the voters. Free to blame us".

On the first page there is a single large photo with Donald Trump under a leaden sky, surrounded by journalists, and the opening headline "America dumps Trump. It's war in the White House". It is surrounded by references to the articles on the internal pages with interventions by the philosopher Luciano Floridi, the writer Edoardo Nesi and the president of the Venice Biennale Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and a comic by Gipi. The editorial on the Midterm elections by Mattia Feltri is low-cut.

The newspaper also hosts Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's thoughts on the relationship with the United States.

"Some of the most brilliant minds of our time and our country have decided to participate in the new Qn", Pini further explained in his editorial. "In the age of imposed truths, we consider doubt more credible - he underlined -.

The independence of a newspaper is recognized above all because it decides to publish even when that fact disproves its beliefs."