Meloni-opposition table after the alarms in schools, appeal for unity. Today meeting on the protocol, 'evacuations not only with mass emails but if there is danger'

The opposition leaders at Palazzo Chigi for the meeting with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, called "to share available information and take stock of the complex picture of alarms and reports recorded in recent days, also in relation to hacker activities". Also at the center of the table are "reports of alleged bombs in schools". Yesterday's events involved around six thousand Italian schools, reached by anonymous emails with threats of attacks, causing evacuations, checks and moments of strong concern. Meloni excludes concrete dangers but points the finger at 'a strategy aimed at sowing chaos'.

The story also brings to the center the issue of possible hybrid warfare and the use of cyber attacks and alarms to generate disorientation and insecurity. After checks by the police, lessons are expected to continue as usual today.

Deputy Prime Ministers Antonio Tajani and Matteo Salvini also participated in the meeting at Palazzo Chigi. According to what was learned from some participants in the meeting, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made an appeal for unity to all political forces at the end of her speech at the table.

During the table with the opposition leaders at Palazzo Chigi, according to centre-left sources, Meloni explained that the meeting is not a substitute for information to the Chambers. Yesterday several members of the centre-left had asked for Parliament to be informed about the bomb scares.

The Prime Minister "told us that they are working on protocols in the face of" mail bombing "situations to decide whether to evacuate or not", explained Action leader Carlo Calenda.

"There is maximum willingness to collaborate but it cannot be our responsibility today, as we do not have departments and ministries under us: the burden of making proposals is not ours but they must come from the government, we will evaluate the effectiveness", said M5S leader Giuseppe Conte leaving Palazzo Chigi. "There is no distinction between the majority and the opposition" in these cases "yesterday the country was blocked by email. We cannot afford it. We must distinguish cyber attacks and cybersecurity which we need to work on. I took the liberty of urging the government to hurry. But we need to distinguish the situations. We need protocols".

During the meeting of the Interministerial Committee for the Security of the Republic (CISR), "convened for this afternoon" at a technical level, "a common operational protocol for the management of alarm signals" will be defined. Palazzo Chigi communicates this. "The protocol, already operational - we read in a note - is applied to all administrations, and provides as a general line that, in the absence of concrete elements further than the simple receipt of a mass email that lead to the belief that a danger exists, the buildings will not be evacuated. The Prefect has the right to order evacuation measures if he has specific and concrete elements that constitute a situation of actual risk".