Education Minister Valditara opened the day detailing the proposed 30% ceiling for pupils not speaking Italian, saying it would apply also to Europeans and affect about 2,000 classes, while warning of white flight in Milan, Turin and Prato.
Istat then confirmed the 2025 deficit at 3.1% of GDP, ruling out early exit from the EU excessive deficit procedure. Papers quoted Economy Minister Giorgetti's regret and League leader Salvini's call for extra spending, framing the figure as narrowing margins for the pre-election budget.
Coverage shifted at midday to Trump's UN General Assembly address, his claim to have made peace, ultimatum to Putin to end the war and threat to annihilate Iran absent a post-midterm deal, followed by Cuba's walkout.
In the evening Meloni, on television, denied a Quirinale rebuke, defended the ceiling as common sense and recalled circulars against concentration of foreign pupils signed by Mattarella as education minister.