Professor Daniele Albertazzi

Piedmont 2026 - New data from the Leone Moressa Foundation: between 2015 and 2025, Italian-born entrepreneurs declined by 9.8%, while foreign-born business owners grew by 31.9%. The result: entrepreneurs born abroad now account for 11.5% of the region’s entire business fabric.

Meanwhile, young Italians with degrees & MAs often move abroad, while the population grows older.

Salvini at the League Congress in Milan: “We just can’t keep sending money and weapons to Ukraine.” Meloni: [Enters statement #88 into the unread folder...] ​Italian foreign and security policy in a nutshell.

She knows it. And acts accordingly. "Now shush Matteo, here's a bridge made of lego, play with this and be quiet"

Salvini at the League Congress in Milan: “We just can’t keep sending money and weapons to Ukraine.” Meloni: [Enters statement #88 into the unread folder...] ​Italian foreign and security policy in a nutshell.

Salvini confirmed as League leader. Thread about the Congress below.

The Lega’s Extraordinary Congress ends today in Milan. Slogan: “Di lotta e di governo”, the old idea of a party that both stirs the streets and holds power. Yet the days of keeping "one foot in and one foot out of govt" are long gone. Meloni has kept Salvini on a tight leash in the last 4 years.

Can he win? Almost certainly not. Delegates are the same ones who acclaimed Salvini in Florence, 120 of 170 Lombard delegates signed for him already, and one projection has it at 80-20. The real story is the size of the dissent: Garavaglia’s camp hopes for ~30%.

The Lega’s Extraordinary Congress ends today in Milan. Slogan: “Di lotta e di governo”, the old idea of a party that both stirs the streets and holds power. Yet the days of keeping "one foot in and one foot out of govt" are long gone. Meloni has kept Salvini on a tight leash in the last 4 years.

This would mean kissing good-bye to the key ideas behind the shelving of the Northern League and the creation of the "League for Salvini Premier" in 2017 - that is the creation of a nationalist, Italy-wide party wishing to secure the support of most radical right, nationalist voters.

The Lega’s Extraordinary Congress ends today in Milan. Slogan: “Di lotta e di governo”, the old idea of a party that both stirs the streets and holds power. Yet the days of keeping "one foot in and one foot out of govt" are long gone. Meloni has kept Salvini on a tight leash in the last 4 years.

Garavaglia floated his bid half-jokingly on 14th of Oct, then gathered the 80 signatures required to stand, with the pro-SMEs, pro-regionalism Fontana + Lombard Lega chief Massimiliano Romeo among the backers.

The Lega’s Extraordinary Congress ends today in Milan. Slogan: “Di lotta e di governo”, the old idea of a party that both stirs the streets and holds power. Yet the days of keeping "one foot in and one foot out of govt" are long gone. Meloni has kept Salvini on a tight leash in the last 4 years.

The backdrop: Salvini's annus horribilis. Vannacci, whom Salvini made deputy leader of the party to exploit his media exposure (thank you RAI, thank you Mediaset), clashed with the party's northern (pro regionalism) old guard, then quit to launch his personal vehicle: Futuro Nazionale.

The Lega’s Extraordinary Congress ends today in Milan. Slogan: “Di lotta e di governo”, the old idea of a party that both stirs the streets and holds power. Yet the days of keeping "one foot in and one foot out of govt" are long gone. Meloni has kept Salvini on a tight leash in the last 4 years.

Salvini called the Extraordinary Congress himself, by surprise, from the stage of the League's annual rally in Pontida on 20th of Sept, saying he wanted to ask his “family” whether he still had their confidence.

The Lega’s Extraordinary Congress ends today in Milan. Slogan: “Di lotta e di governo”, the old idea of a party that both stirs the streets and holds power. Yet the days of keeping "one foot in and one foot out of govt" are long gone. Meloni has kept Salvini on a tight leash in the last 4 years.

... who can each offer right wing voters much more credible alternatives as parties of govt (Meloni's) or opposition (Vannacci's). Stuck in the middle with you: what is the actual point of the League today?

The Lega’s Extraordinary Congress ends today in Milan. Slogan: “Di lotta e di governo”, the old idea of a party that both stirs the streets and holds power. Yet the days of keeping "one foot in and one foot out of govt" are long gone. Meloni has kept Salvini on a tight leash in the last 4 years.

Being young in Italy, 2026: Roughly 17% of 15–24s have a job, and youth unemployment is still around 17–18% (Istat data). The headline employment records Meloni has talked about recently are driven by OLDER workers; the youngest age bands are the exception. www.avvenire.it/politica/inf...

Then Milan, 17–18 Oct. Circa 80% of the 200+ detained by police were minors. The official response: a judge calls social media a “detonator” of violence. That may well be the case, but: housing, wages, future prospects, prices? All footnotes.

Being young in Italy, 2026: Roughly 17% of 15–24s have a job, and youth unemployment is still around 17–18% (Istat data). The headline employment records Meloni has talked about recently are driven by OLDER workers; the youngest age bands are the exception. www.avvenire.it/politica/inf...

End of the spat between Sánchez and Meloni. For now. The Ministers of the Interior of Italy & Spain, following the meeting held on the sidelines of the European Council between PMs Meloni & Sánchez, have agreed that Schengen suspensions currently in force in both countries will not be extended.

Expect plenty of initiatives in weeks to come. Meanwhile, the elections approach and the left wing "potential" alliance remains just that... potential. No common platform, no candidate for PM and no agreement on how to produce a platform or find a candidate.

End of the spat between Sánchez and Meloni. For now. The Ministers of the Interior of Italy & Spain, following the meeting held on the sidelines of the European Council between PMs Meloni & Sánchez, have agreed that Schengen suspensions currently in force in both countries will not be extended.

But of course the decision "will be accompanied by an enhancement of information sharing to ensure full security across the common Schengen area", says the Italian govt.