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Mother and baby. Motherhood aspiration controversy continues births at lowest number since WW2

Meloni address ‘motherhood aspiration’ row

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Premier Giorgia Meloni addressed a controversy sparked by one of her MPs, who asserted that motherhood should be the ultimate aspiration for Italian women amid a persistently declining birth rate.

Premier’s end of year press conference

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Premier Giorgia Meloni held her end of year press conference on Thursday. She said she was “tired” of opposition charges of ‘familism’, reform of bureaucracy is needed, and constitutional reform does not remove power from President, amongst other things.

Pozzolo whose gun injured a man on New Year's Eve

Meloni “irritated” by Pozzolo New Year’s Eve shooting incident

January 4, 2024January 4, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Premier Giorgia Meloni is said to be “irritated” by the case of her party member, Emanuele Pozzolo, whose gun was shot and injured a person on New Year’s Eve. Opposition members have called for his resignation or sacking.

Emanuele Pozzolo, MP for Brothers of Italy

Pozzolo’s firearms licence to be revoked over New Year’s Eve shooting

January 3, 2024January 3, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Biella Prefecture is to revoke the gun licence for personal defence issued to Emanuele Pozzolo, MP. A shot fired from Pozzolo’s gun injured a 31-year-old man on New Year’s Eve.

Sergio Matterrella delivering the President's end of year speech

President’s End of Year Speech 2024 – Love is not domination or possession

January 1, 2024January 1, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Love is neither domination nor possession, was one of the messages in the Italian President’s End of Year speech. Sergio Mattarella also called for a culture of peace worldwide.

Woman holding child's hand Image by Ratna Fitry from Pixabay

FdI MP stirs controversy saying being a mother should be girls’ “first aspiration”

December 29, 2023December 29, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Yesterday, a senator from the right-wing party of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stirred controversy by stating young women’s “first aspiration” should be be a mother. Senator Lavinia Mennuni sparked outrage among opposition groups.

Rafaele Fitto who announced the receipt of the fourth tranche of NRRP from the EU

Fourth instalment of NRRP received

December 28, 2023December 28, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The government is “very satisfied” with the disbursement by the European Commission of the fourth instalment of Italy’s national recovery and resilience plan (NRRP). It is worth €16.5billion, European affairs minister Raffaele Fitto said on Thursday.

Fnsi image representing what it believes is a gag order.

Fnsi to boycott Meloni’s end-of-year- press conference

December 27, 2023December 27, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Italian journalists union Fnsi announced today its senior leadership would boycott Premier Giorgia Meloni’s year-end press conference. This decision is in protest against a proposed bill that seeks to prohibit the publication of the contents of preventive-detention warrants.

Christmas message from Giorgia Meloni. Still from video

Meloni says government is ‘doing its bit’ in Christmas message

December 24, 2023December 24, 2023Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni wished all Italians a serene festive period in her Christmas message. She also thanked those working on festive days and said the government is doing its bit in difficult times.