Morning papers closed the Senate battle over the electoral law, with Meloni claiming the return of preferences amid opposition charges of blocked lists, while marking 25 years since 9/11 with reconstructions and commemorations from Trump to Biden.
Mid-morning the agenda was overturned by the death of Emma Bonino at 78. All outlets shifted to portraits of the Radical leader and +Europa founder – abortion, civil rights, European commissioner – with tributes from Mattarella and Meloni, who announced a secular state funeral for Tuesday and a possible lying-in-state in Campidoglio or Senate.
Attention then split between the Milan court confirming the shutdown of ex-Ilva’s hot area by October on health grounds, putting 10,000 jobs at risk, and the low-altitude medical evacuation of Alessandro Di Battista from Cuba. By evening the Houthi seizure of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and a record €223m Superenalotto win in Brianza took over.