Overnight focus stayed on the Lithuanian drone downed by Italian Eurofighters, described as carrying an explosive and probably Russian, read by defence and intelligence as a Kremlin message to Crosetto and Italy, paired with an FBI warning that Russian intelligence planned targeted killings, arson and sabotage in the US and Europe backing Kyiv.
Morning attention shifted to Strasbourg, where von der Leyen in her State of the Union said Russians and ultranationalists sought to fragment the Union and proposed Canada as associate member, a social-media ban under 13 and a hybrid-attack clause, while reports from Gaza told of a collapsed building with death toll rising to 20 and about 100 trapped, including 50 children.
From the afternoon the Council of Ministers' abolition of the bollo for 2027 for cars up to 80kW and all motorcycles dominated, announced by Meloni as removal of a hated tax.