Security, summit with Meloni on public order. New anti-violence measures on the table

The clashes in Milan, the looting and devastation, the mobilizations already organized in the main Italian cities for 24 and 30 October. To take stock of the origins of the protests and identify new tools for prevention and repression, Giorgia Meloni brought together at 1pm today at Palazzo Chigi the deputy prime ministers Matteo Salvini (via video link) and Antonio Tajani, the ministers Matteo Piantedosi (Interior), Guido Crosetto (Defence) and Francesco Lollobrigida (Agriculture), the undersecretaries to the Presidency of the Council Alfredo Mantovano and Giovanbattista Fazzolari, the top brass of the Police, Carabinieri and Financial Police, and those of intelligence. A summit that lasted over an hour and a half and was entirely dedicated to the management of public order.

The echo of the squares of France and Spain, like Italy expected at the time of the political elections in the coming months, also resonates in Rome. Edi Rama's Albania is also burning, under pressure due to the high cost of living and accusations of corruption. The most important similarity lies in the difficulty of identifying a "structure", an organization or a political direction behind the protests, which makes the traditional work of maintaining public order complicated.

The average age of the over 200 young people arrested after the devastation in Milan struck the Government: 80% were minors. For this reason, the possibility of providing for the deferred flagrant arrest of those under 18 and the extension of preventive detention to those who are not yet adults is being evaluated. Meloni herself reiterated on Sunday that she was evaluating "further tools against those who exploit legitimate demonstrations to sow violence and chaos". But also under scrutiny is the response offered by the police which, despite the avalanche of security decrees approved by the Government, still seems full of flaws.