“Full solidarity with the police, the violence” from “unpublished subjects” is unacceptable”, says the President of the Republic Mattarella who, on the devastation in Milan, asks for “an in-depth analysis”.
Shutters lowered in the fashion quadrilateral: several brands have closed in Via Montenapoleone, including Chanel, Pomellato and Hermès. 14 policemen injured, 271 people taken to the police station, damage amounting to one million euros. Mayor Sala's visit to the attacked shops.
Summit at Palazzo Chigi with Meloni: “The State will give a firm response”. “Military with police duties for three months,” Crosetto says. The League announces the tightening by decree. Salvini: "500 more soldiers to defend Milan". Today the text with the extension of the preventive stop to 24 hours. Trump: "Protests over immigration are also in Italy. If Europe succumbs to migrants we will leave."
The events in Milan and other parts of Italy are profoundly different from those experienced in other eras and are the result of what I call hybrid warfare that someone is bringing to our nations using unconventional tools called TikTok, social media, Youtube without the West realizing it and reacting in some way". Thus Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, speaking at the Defense procurement forum underway in Rome. "If three out of ten young people participated in those demonstrations - underlined Crosetto - they do not we are talking about Maranza, second generation Italians, if six out of ten share them it is because in recent years they have undergone counter-education somewhere, not from family or school, which has given them values, ambitions, a vision of the world and points of reference which is in conflict with the society in which we live and with democratic rules".
"What we have witnessed is truly a disaster. I seem to be falling back into the mistakes made in the 1970s, when unfortunately there were also bad teachers who with dangerous words then led Italy into the tragedy of terrorism. Today times have changed, but I feel like I'm reliving that climate again. I suggest we be very careful about fomenting chaos and sowing hatred because it is very dangerous to do this today". Thus the Minister of Tourism, Gianmarco Mazzi, commented on the protests accompanied by acts of vandalism in recent days in Milan, on the sidelines of the presentation of the initiative 'What a spectacle Italy is! When tourism embraces cinema' as part of the 21st edition of the Rome Film Festival.
''I was in Milan all day yesterday. I went to meet the local police commander, whom I thanked, and met some workers who cleaned up the city, as well as the police. Today, in a decree on which we are working right now with all the majority forces, there will be immediate answers. These are not measures limited to events on Saturday and Sunday: they are measures that have been worked on for some time. For example, we want to increase the number of soldiers employed in the Safe Roads operation, a proposal that the League has been putting on the table for months. Then we want to intervene quickly on minors. Let's talk, for example, about preventive detention, to be extended to those under 18 who are at risk''. This was underlined by the Vice President of the Council and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, guest of Rtl 102.5 in Non Stop News.
''There are these geniuses who now, on TikTok, are announcing that on Saturday in Como they will attack Foot Locker and I bet they have their name, surname and address - continues Salvini -. Since today is Tuesday, a serious state does not put them in a position to arrive in Como on Saturday afternoon. We must intervene with preventive arrest, with deferred arrest, even if they are minors, with the examination of the cameras and with the crimes of looting and devastation, which will prevent them from applying for citizenship. This is another proposal from the League: if you reach the age of 18 and have been convicted of drug dealing, devastation or robbery, you don't ask for citizenship and you don't get it''.
"We need the Gabrielli Formula. It's a jackal position on the part of the right that tries to throw it into a chilling controversy. From the first hours we took a position: the episodes of violence are absolutely unjustifiable". This was stated in an interview with Corriere della Sera by the group leader of the Democratic Party in the Lombardy Region, Pierfrancesco Majorino. "There are several things that came together - he adds -. The reasons of those who took to the streets against the high cost of living were sacrosanct. On the other hand there were unacceptable behaviors. There must be an assessment of individual responsibilities. At the same time, however, I believe we must become aware of a failure of the institutional and adult world".
"It seems that the dream of improving one's life is fading. There is a wave that seems to be crossing Europe. Young people are pro-European, they feel that the continent is experiencing a very difficult moment, which affects them closely. A mine that takes away perspectives. It is not that young people by nature want to have things without committing themselves. They commit themselves, but they feel their future is much more uncertain than that of previous generations". This was stated in an interview with La Stampa by Elsa Fornero, economist and former minister.
"There could be a direction and organization activity, with attention that also comes from abroad, behind the episodes of violence. What strikes me is the fact that demonstrations organized by students whose connotation is spontaneity were chosen as the theater of the violence. A guerrilla war was not organized in conjunction with the CGIL demonstration in Rome, where there is increasingly more control, rather we thought about Milan". Enrico Borghi, senator of Italia Viva and member of Copasir, said this in an interview with the newspaper 'La Repubblica'.
"The devastation in the heart of Milan is absolutely unacceptable, I immediately condemned it. But it is up to the government to guarantee public order and the safety of citizens and shopkeepers." The president of the 5 Star Movement, Giuseppe Conte, tells Corriere della Sera. "To date, twenty thousand carabinieri and policemen are missing. Security requires adequate investments, which the government has not made", he adds.
"After the violent demonstrations and devastation in Milan in recent days, the extraordinary summit on public order and security - requested today by President Meloni - envisaged the deployment of 500 soldiers in Milan, to strengthen the garrison of the city and counter guerrilla actions. Tomorrow the Council of Ministers will examine a new law decree to strengthen the tools to combat violence and 'urban guerrilla warfare'". Thus in a note the Undersecretary of Defense, Isabella Rauti, with responsibility for the 'Safe Roads' operation.
