Meanwhile, in the morning, the summit convened by the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, with the leaders of the opposition took place at Palazzo Chigi. The meeting was attended by Elly Schlein, Giuseppe Conte, Nicola Fratoianni, Angelo Bonelli, Matteo Renzi, Riccardo Magi, Carlo Calenda and Edoardo Ziello, while Roberto Vannacci is busy at the European Parliament. Also at the table were the deputy prime ministers Antonio Tajani and Matteo Salvini and the ministers Matteo Piantedosi, Guido Crosetto and Luca Ciriani. Meloni, according to what was learned from some participants, 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.
Meloni: "Frank and productive conversation with opposition"
The meeting on alarms in schools "was certainly a frank but productive conversation, in which I think we also gave the image, which is necessary at this moment, of a ruling class which, beyond the many divisions that animate it, then knows when the time comes to put those divisions aside, which does not mean a blank delegation. Clearly the government is not asking for any blank delegation", said Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the summit of the European Political Community in Dublin.
Schlein: "Available to collaborate but no blank delegation"
"The discussion is good but it must continue in the appropriate forums which are Parliament and Copasir. We as the opposition are fully available to collaborate in the face of threats aimed at destabilizing the country and creating alarm, but no to blank delegations to the government with respect to the decisions it will take. Today we have not had specific proposals", said the secretary of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, at the end of the meeting at Palazzo Chigi. "We need to reverse" the trend "of cuts to cybersecurity. And we have proposed to shift a part of the resources foreseen for weapons systems to cybersecurity", he added. "The responsibility for guaranteeing security and public order lies with the government, which with this morning's call shows that it knows this", explained Schlein, according to whom "adequate protocols are also needed to manage situations like yesterday's in an effective and risk-proportionate way in order to reassure the country".
Conte: "The proposals are up to the government"
"There is maximum willingness to collaborate but it cannot be our responsibility today, as we do not have departments and ministries under us: the burden of making proposals is not on us but they must come from the government, we will evaluate the effectiveness", also reiterated the M5S leader, Giuseppe Conte, leaving Palazzo Chigi at the end of the meeting. "There is no distinction between the majority and the opposition" in these cases "yesterday the country was blocked by email. We cannot afford it. We must distinguish cyber attacks and cybersecurity which we need to work on. I took the liberty of urging the government to hurry. But we need to distinguish the situations. We need protocols".
Calenda: "Meloni told us that they are working on ad hoc protocols"
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni "told us that they are working on protocols in the face of" mail bombing "situations to decide whether to evacuate or not", said the leader of Action, Carlo Calenda, at the end of the meeting. "We are under attack. We must be ready. Starting, the prime minister confirmed, from the democratic shield", he added, speaking of a meeting on "concrete" things.
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Fratoianni: "I asked for more funds for cybersecurity"
"We offered our willingness to collaborate. We asked for information to be provided to Parliament in any case - the leader of the Italian Left and Avs Nicola Fratoianni also explained - We asked why it was not possible to intervene on the issue of emails to schools. Given that it had already happened. We asked that funding for cybersecurity be increased, perhaps subtracting it from other defense items. We are waiting for proposals to arrive from the government and then we will evaluate them".
Bonelli: "No more cuts to cybersecurity"
"We accepted the invitation to Meloni to collaborate. We asked to implement resources to stop hacker attacks that cannot be stopped with cannons - said Avs leader Angelo Bonelli - They are different things. We would have expected some proposals from the government". As far as we are concerned, "we have defined the cuts in cybersecurity as unacceptable."
Magi: "The appeal for unity is good but we are late"
"We are late in our ability to respond to these phenomena. Yesterday there was a massive mail bombing capable of creating major problems for the country. Protocols are needed to prevent responses dictated by spontaneity and anguish from encouraging chaos. The appeal for unity is good but it is not a blank delegation", the leader of More Europe also underlined. Riccardo Magi. leaving Palazzo Chigi.
Renzi: "Good method from Meloni but whoever governs cybersecurity decides"
"It was a very good meeting in terms of method, not so good in terms of substance. Faced with a very serious alarm on cybersecurity, however, another type of reaction would be needed", observed the leader of Italia Viva, Matteo Renzi, as he left Palazzo Chigi. "How has the money been spent so far? Yesterday it was an alarm that could be resolved with a good antivirus. Instead of spending money on Paragon to spy on journalists, let's buy some antivirus. To Meloni we say choose who governs this matter".
Ziello (FnV): "In the afternoon our proposals to Meloni"
"Futuro Nazionale thanks Giorgia Meloni for having extended the invitation to General Vannacci: we reiterated that Futuro Nazionale will be there on all these issues that are dear to the nation's heart, and we will send you a document with our proposals today. The problem is that yesterday, unfortunately, Italian families paid for the failure to implement the Vannacci line", commented Edoardo Ziello leaving Palazzo Chigi.
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