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- Oct 15
Mattarella signs paper recycling day law, warns Parliament over too many national days
On 15 October 2026 President Sergio Mattarella promulgated the law creating a national paper recycling day, while urging Parliament to limit the growing number of commemorative days, which he counted at 51 beyond national holidays.
- Oct 12
Salvini resigns as League secretary to run again at Milan congress
Salvini and three deputy secretaries stepped down on Monday, 12 October, a formal move that lets him stand again at the extraordinary congress on 24 and 25 October in Milan.
- Oct 7
Italian parliament erupts in shouting matches as FdI and M5S clash over Scarpinato
Lawmakers in Rome traded accusations of misdirection and ties to past massacres after the ruling coalition demanded the removal of Roberto Scarpinato from anti-mafia bodies.
- Oct 1
Italian Chamber Rejects Objections to Electoral Reform in 229-151 Secret Ballot
Italy's Chamber of Deputies rejected five constitutional objections against the government's electoral reform bill by 229 votes to 151 in a secret ballot, setting the stage for confidence votes and a final decision on 8 October.
- Sep 17
Italian education minister Giuseppe Valditara receives bullet and threatening letter
Italian Education and Merit Minister Giuseppe Valditara filed a complaint with the Carabinieri after an anonymous envelope containing a 7.65-calibre bullet and a letter alleging private school fraud arrived at his Rome office.
- Jun 25
Mattarella marks 80 years of Italy's Constituent Assembly, says 'the Republic belongs to everyone'
President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni joined lawmakers in Rome to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the first session of the Constituent Assembly that drafted Italy's post-war constitution.
- May 31
Incendiary Attack on Journalist Reporting on Caivano Mafia Triggers Political Condemnation in Italy
Adriano Cappellari's home in Enego was struck by an explosive device around 23:30 on 30 May; a masked assailant left a letter threatening the 20‑year‑old journalist, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and anti‑mafia priest Don Maurizio Patriciello.
