The morning opens with a complaint destined to cause discussion. Ilaria Salis, an Italian MEP, said she was woken up in her hotel room in Rome by two police officers for what was described as a “preventive check”.
According to what the parliamentarian herself said, the agents showed up in the room asking to proceed with checks, even though she had immediately qualified. The check lasted for about an hour before the two policemen left the hotel.
The episode, which occurred in the hours before the No Kings demonstration scheduled for the afternoon in the capital, sparked political reactions. In a joint note, the leaders of the Green and Left Alliance, Angelo Bonelli and Nicola Fratoianni, defined the incident as “of unprecedented gravity”, underlining how the temporal context – a few hours after the public event – makes the matter even more delicate.
The two political exponents also raised a broader question on an institutional level, asking for clarification from the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi. In their position statement, Bonelli and Fratoianni spoke of an “unacceptable” situation, arguing that a parliamentarian should not be subjected to checks of this type and recalling the issue of democratic guarantees. «It is unacceptable that in Italy – declare the red-green leaders – a parliamentarian is subjected to preventive checks. Has the Meloni government decided to subject opposition parliamentarians to checks? We have not yet become Orban’s Hungary and we do not intend to become one. On this matter – conclude Bonelli and Fratoianni – we demand words of clarity from Minister Piantedosi”.
At the moment, no further official details on the operation nor the precise reasons that would have led to the control have been disclosed. The opposition’s request for clarification therefore remains open, while the episode is part of a political climate already marked by tensions and heated confrontation between the parliamentary majority and minorities.
