Unsolicicited advice to other countries: DO NOT underestimate #coronavirus. Politicians in #Italy told people to carry on suggesting it was just a little more than a flu. We’re now in total lockdown 1/n 1ttps://www.politico.eu/article/italy-orders-total-lockdown-over-coronavirus/ Balancing containment measures with personal freedoms and the economy isn’t easy: governments face difficult choices. But if #Italy’s crisis can serve as a learning lesson to anybody the key takeaway is: forget the politics, focus on the science and work on communication 2/n

Parlamentari 5S hanno proposto e votato un emendamento al DL Imprese per convertire in ente pubblico l’Associazione Alberghi della Gioventù il cui e' segretario dal 2012 il nuovo portavoce di Laura Castelli. Thread
politico.eu/article/italy-… Tutti i gruppi parlamentari in Senato erano concordi sull'emendamento per la salvaguardia dei livelli occupazionali del AIG ma l'emendamento proposto da 5 senatori 5S ha fatto infuriare molti colleghi di partito (tanto che la seduta e' stata sospesa e sul dl posta fiducia)...

#THREAD to try to make sense of #Italy’s govt crisis: PM Conte will address the Senate at 15.00CET today. No vote of confidence is scheduled but it could be called by the League UNLESS PM uses the speech to announce his resignation. The latter is the most likely scenario. 1/n If #Conte resigns Pres Mattarella will hear representatives from all parties & decide whether to: a) let PD/5Stars form a new govt; b) install a caretaker govt to pass the budget; c) call a snap election. Italy hasn’t seen a general election in the fall since 1919. 2/n

Italian weekly magazine @espressonline reporters @GiovanniTizian @StefanoVergine wrote about the October 18 meeting between Salvini’s aide & Russians back in February. They probably had the audio because they quoted from it but didn’t publish it. The news was largely ignored. 1/n At the time Salvini vehemently denied the allegations. Now #buzzfeednews @AlbertoNardelli published the audio and the media is finally talking about it. Unsurprisingly Salvini denied the allegations again and Savoini (the aide) said the audio is "a manipulated fake scam." 2/n