From preventive detention to Maranza, all the security restrictions of the Meloni government

According to what emerged from the summit on 19 October at Palazzo Chigi, the State's response to the devastation and looting resulting in the demonstrations of recent days will be "firm". One of the hypotheses being examined would be the launch of a new anti-violence decree. This would be the latest in a long series of interventions by the government led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in matters of security. In fact, since it took office in October 2022, the executive has created a flood of decree laws that have focused on various areas, from rave parties to street demonstrations, from baby gangs to knives in schools. Not only that. The government has also passed two bills, introduced almost 60 new crimes and developed numerous measures to protect the police.

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The government's first intervention on security took place a few days before the start of the new legislature. The occasion was provided by an illegal rave party held from 29 to 31 October in an abandoned warehouse north of Modena which forced the police to evict the almost 5 thousand young people who had gathered.

The government responded harshly by inserting into the Penal Code, through an ad hoc decree-law, article 633-bis, which punishes those who organize or promote the arbitrary occupation of other people's land or buildings, public or private, to organize musical gatherings or other types of events, when this results in a concrete danger to public health or safety due to failure to comply with the rules on drugs, safety or hygiene. The measure introduces fines of one thousand to ten thousand euros and provides for penalties such as imprisonment from three to six years.

From the anti-rave decree onwards, the government has continued to intervene frequently on public safety, often taking action when serious news incidents occur. This is the case of the tragedy of Cutro, in the province of Crotone, where in February 2023 the shipwreck of a boat caused more than 90 victims, including over 30 minors, causing scandal in the country and bringing the issue of immigration back to the center of public debate.

On March 10, Meloni responded to the emergency with a new decree-law to combat the phenomenon of migrant trafficking, increasing the penalties for aiding and abetting illegal immigration and punishing the illegal transport of migrants more harshly.