Bomb alerts, Meloni at the top with the opposition appeals for unity

The summit convened by the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, with the opposition leaders is underway at Palazzo Chigi.

Elly Schlein, Giuseppe Conte, Nicola Fratoianni, Angelo Bonelli, Matteo Renzi, Riccardo Magi, Carlo Calenda and Edoardo Ziello participate in the meeting, while Roberto Vannacci is busy at the European Parliament.

Then at the table are the deputy prime ministers Antonio Tajani and Matteo Salvini and the ministers Matteo Piantedosi, Guido Crosetto and Luca Ciriani.

As announced yesterday by government sources, attention is focused "on the complex picture of alarms and reports recorded in recent days, also in relation to hacker-related activities, including reports of alleged bombs in schools".

Meloni, according to what we learned from some participants in the meeting, at the end of his speech made an appeal for unity to all political forces and explained that the meeting is not a substitute for information to the Chambers.

Sitting at the table today is not only the center-left perimeter, but also Roberto Vannacci's Action and Future National. The General, however, explained in a note that institutional commitments keep him away from Rome.

In his place at Palazzo Chigi is MP Ziello.

Vannacci however expressed "satisfaction with the invitation".

In any case, all the other leaders responded 'present' to Meloni's appeal.

The first to confirm the presence, and to applaud the prime minister's initiative, was Carlo Calenda: "It is positive and right that Giorgia Meloni decided to invite the opposition after what happened today in the schools.

In times of emergency the country must demonstrate that it is united."

Confirmation also came from the secretary of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, who, on the sidelines of a sit-in in favor of the population of Gaza, near Montecitorio, had asked the government to report to Parliament on the new alarms.

After the secretary, Riccardo Magi, secretary of Più Europa, also confirmed his presence.

Also present were Nicola Fratoianni and Angelo Bonelli of Avs, as well as the leader of the M5s Giuseppe Conte who however explained: "Whoever has a government responsibility must give clear and certain information.

I'll go to Palazzo Chigi and we'll listen, but it's a somewhat new format.

If there is information to be given, Parliament is the most suitable forum.

Bomb scares in schools and the hacker threat

Yesterday, November 11, was marked by bomb scares in thousands of Italian schools, with around 6 thousand schools involved, many, but not all, of which were evacuated, from Rome to Milan, from Genoa to Verona.

The warning had arrived via email, with a message signed by Mikhail Andropov "leader of the Vilajat of Misoginistan".

However, from the checks carried out, as reported by government sources, no elements of concrete danger emerged.

In recent days, in addition to schools, some supermarkets have also ended up in the hackers' sights and false bomb alerts have affected dozens and dozens of flights in Europe, including to and from Italy.

Also yesterday, due to the alarms in the schools, Prime Minister Meloni had called a meeting at Palazzo Chigi - held in the afternoon - to take stock of the situation and coordinate the necessary initiatives.

Subsequently, the decision was made to also summon the opposition leaders for an update this morning.

Today in Palermo lessons were suspended in some schools

But some schools in Palermo, including the Umberto I high school, have suspended lessons today too.

According to a communication, Umberto I received an email announcing a "massacre of students and staff at 10.50 am sharp".

Despite considering it "a false alarm", the classes were let out "out of caution" at 9am.