
The front pages of the newspapers of October 19th between urban tensions, measures for minors and the Juventus crisis
The Italian newspapers on newsstands today open up on the tensions and clashes of the weekend, highlighting the sending of 500 soldiers to Milan, the government's crackdown with new preventative measures and the political reactions.
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Review of the front pages of the main Italian newspapers on 19 October, focusing on the weekend's urban clashes and government countermeasures.
There are still echoes of the clashes over the weekend on the front pages of the newspapers on newsstands today. In the Corriere della Sera space for the 500 new soldiers on the streets of Milan. Among the government's hypotheses are also preventive detention and a ban on aggregation. Mattarella: unacceptable violence. In France, meanwhile, a curfew is in place. High cut for the interview with Volodymyr Zelensksy, who says: "Italy is also a victim of Putin's hybrid war"
'Special law for minors' is the opening headline of La Repubblica, presenting the decree which extends preventive detention and deferred arrest to under 18s and increases the penalties for the crime of devastation. Mattarella invites thoughtful responses: "We need intelligent analysis on violence by unpublished subjects". Photo news for the blockade of trucks which is spreading and emptying supermarket shelves. Talk between the Pope and Zelensky for the truce in Oleshky
Armored Milan is also in the foreground in the press, with the imminent arrival of 500 soldiers. Meloni's crackdown on minors, while luxury shops are closing for fear of further looting. Trump: the protests in Italy are due to immigration. 'The world is starving Gaza', we read at the center of the page: cuts by the USA and other Western countries to the UN food programme. Stop aid for 500 thousand
'Milan closes' is the opening headline of today's edition of the Messaggero. Shutters down and shop windows emptied in the center for fear of looting. Another 500 soldiers arriving from the government. After Putin, the Pope also calls Zelensky, while Italy offers Kiev two defense satellites
Luciano Spalletti's future in the balance in the spotlight in the Gazzetta dello Sport. Bonuses ended for the Tuscan coach after Juventus' disastrous start. The nervous coach asks Bremer for clarification, while the fans call on Conte. Tonight the Champions League returns: Rome and Naples are on the pitch for an already decisive round
The Juventus crisis is also at the center of the opening of the Corriere dello Sport, where there is talk of a 'Juve still with Spalletti, but answers are needed'. The club acts as a shield, confrontation between coach and team at Continassa. Bremer apologizes: we have all lost, without exception. Champions League, Allegri changes Napoli: Malen is back in Roma
'Spalletti, obligation of trust' headlines Tuttosport, explaining how Juventus has too many reasons to move forward with the Tuscan coach. Until the break, six games to reverse the trend, but the fans are furious with the coach and call on Conte
In the newspaper, great emphasis is placed on what is defined as the 'anti-maranza stricture'. 500 new soldiers with police duties are arriving in Milan. Towards more severe sentences and deferred arrests. Salvini: "They want the dead man". Mattarella's solidarity with the agents
Economic topics, as usual, in the Sole 24 Ore, where there is talk of 'flat taxes up to 100 thousand euros'. European stock markets under pressure: Piazza Affari drops 1.55%. High cut for government measures after the weekend clashes: preventive detention extended, 500 soldiers in Milan
'Our people are coming' writes Il Fatto Quotidiano, underlining the government's immediate intervention to increase arrest powers. High cut for the accusations against Mussari in the investigation into the death of David Rossi: the witness, writes Il Fatto, is a well-known slanderer
The government's tightening is obviously also in the foreground on Libero, according to whom Italians would ask for a hard line in reference to what happened over the weekend. In the chats of violent people the planning of clashes
The government's measures, this time with a critical slant, are also highlighted in the Manifesto, which speaks of the expansion of the 'government's repressive response'. New emergency laws, but the use of the military and indiscriminate detention, we read, will not be useful
Same opening as all the other newspapers also for Il Resto del Carlino, where the emphasis is also on the long trail of shops closed after the raids. Meanwhile, the truck protest is spreading. Blocks and empty shelves in the South. Trump criticizes Italy, but his choices are behind the high cost of living

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