Children's Guarantor, 'punishments for violent minors, but who benefits from chaos?'

Those who were in the square on Saturday had no "political objectives". The aim was to "appropriate shoes, clothes and other objects that symbolize well-being and the fact of having made it". So they met on social media and "collected everything they could, with the sole intention of stealing. They made a huge video game". Marina Terragni, the Guarantor of childhood and adolescence, is convinced of this and, however, also gives another interpretation of the weekend of clashes in Milan: "it is a totally new but also unheard of scenario, we have never seen a revolt of this kind. But now we must ask ourselves - she asks - who benefits from this chaos?"

In essence, who has an interest in exploiting the very young and why. "There is this total freedom on social media and in chats where one can self-organize - adds the Guarantor - but anyone who has an interest in multiplying chaos and unleashing hell can enter those channels". Minister Crosetto even evoked 'hybrid war'. "It's a hypothesis that I would consider with great attention - underlines Terragni - I can't say whether they are Russians, Iranians, jihadists or multinationals. I don't know, it could be anyone".

Also because the electoral campaign has begun and, therefore, many could be those who aim to "take some advantage from the chaos".

Certainly for Terragni, for the kids who were the protagonists of the violence, "punishment is necessary, even if I don't know the most suitable methods. Like in a family, when your son makes a mess you try to understand why he made it, but then in some way you punish him. If you put on a helmet and you're not riding a motorbike, I have to stop you and you have to explain to me why.

If you have a bottle of petrol or a knife in your pocket, ditto. If your face is covered I will stop you and for this there is no need for another law." As for the possibility that the new decree also provides for preventive detention for minors, the guarantor does not go too far. "I'll analyze it when I see the lyrics, we'll see." More urgent, however, for Terragni, is the regulation of social media. "We cannot wait for Europe - he concludes - in Italy there is a bipartisan bill signed and already ready on the age limit. It must be approved".