Tajani reports to Parliament: 'We need a de-escalation, we support US-Iran negotiations'

And "in the face of a nuclear threat there can be no ambiguity. Iran cannot acquire an atomic bomb." To the President of the Republic of Israel, "I reiterated Herzog Israel's right to ensure its survival by protecting itself from a possible nuclear attack."

And then: "I told Iran not to react anymore - Tajani explained - And to Israel I said: let's stop here. We are against escalation. This is the position" and "We have no hidden agendas". But for the centre-left, this is not enough. "It is not entirely clear to us what the government thinks", replied the secretary of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, especially if "it believes that the attack on Iran was legitimate, as some declarations from the majority suggest".

Mara Carfagna, from Noi Moderati, responded. "There is no alternative: on one side there is a democracy, however questionable, on the other a dictatorship that is about to equip itself with atomic weapons. The opposition forces must also make a clear choice". And then Schlein clarified: "We have always opposed the Tehran regime, but this attack delegitimizes the negotiating bodies and could give rise to a global conflict". The information arrived 24 hours after the opposition's request. But the list of those present was also a source of controversy. "On which beach were Conte and Renzi sunbathing?" - asked some majority deputies - Can you have such a low sense of institutions to ask for an urgent information and then desert it?". Renzi was at the assembly of young entrepreneurs in Rapallo: faced with the crisis in the Middle East, he said, "I see a weak Europe and a very weak Italy".

Giuseppe Conte responded on social media: "I'm not rafting with Lollobrigida and Meloni. I was with our young people in Salerno to protest against the Rearmament and at the Unicost magistrates' congress. Tajani is contradictory and ambiguous like the prime minister. Does Italy condemn Netanyahu's attack on Iran or not? It's not clear". Avs is on the same page: "The government's position is the notarial acknowledgement of subordination to Netanyahu's actions", said Angelo Bonelli, before reviving the controversy over the "different assessment between ministers Tajani and Crosetto on whether or not there was an imminent attack by Israel". Tajani explained: "There was no discrepancy: we all knew that the attack was imminent", but "no one had news of an immediate attack".