Overnight results from Germany set the morning agenda: AfD first in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with around 38%, Linke first in Berlin, CDU collapse. Chancellor Merz called it a disaster but refused to resign, later arguing the vote signaled a party-system rupture beyond his person.
Attention then returned to Meloni's school proposal announced the previous day at Gioventù nazionale. Papers detailed the draft decree — 30% cap per class limited to pupils who do not speak Italian and a burqa ban — with comparisons to other European countries and accusations of electoral positioning ahead of elections.
By afternoon the response dominated: Cardinal Zuppi said schools must include no one feeling excluded, and President Mattarella, opening the school year in Amatrice, said school is open to all, the greatest lever of integration, and must not create ghettos or barriers, widely read as a rebuke.