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Marco Travaglio criticizes the Italian left by comparing it to a Macedonian phalanx in relation to the Democratic Party in the United States and argues that it should instead teach Americans how to tackle social issues, rather than learning from them. #Trump #ElezioniMidterm #PoliticaAmericana (translated)

Director Marco Travaglio has launched an appeal to the readers of Fatto Quotidiano to support the newspaper without owners, emphasizing that, despite the attempt to purchase by Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, the independence of the publication must be preserved. #IlFattoQuotidiano #MarcoTravaglio #Berlusconi (translated)

Marco Travaglio, director of Fatto Quotidiano, reiterates in an interview on La7 that the newspaper is not for sale and criticizes Leonardo Del Vecchio's interest in the acquisition, emphasizing that any meetings should take place in official contexts rather than in media spectacles. #FattoQuotidiano #MarcoTravaglio #LeonardoDelVecchio (translated)

Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, after the rejection of the founding partners to the public offer on Il Fatto Quotidiano, declares that the newspaper represents a valuable asset of Italian journalism to be preserved, highlighting the importance of Marco Travaglio's leadership and the necessity of ensuring the financial stability of the group. #FattoQuotidiano #LmdvMedia #GiornalismoIndipendente (translated)

Marco Travaglio, in the program Accordi & Disaccordi, criticizes the statements of some government officials regarding alleged Russian ties in the clashes in Milan, arguing that such claims rehabilitate Putin's propaganda and undermine the credibility of the Western narrative. #Putin #propaganda #accusations (translated)

Marco Travaglio criticizes the security policies of the Meloni government, defining them as ineffective and characterized by an excess of propaganda, emphasizing how the deployment of soldiers in the squares does not address the true causes of insecurity. #GiorgiaMeloni #MarcoTravaglio #Sicurezza (translated)

Marco Setaccioli wrote that listening to Riccardo Ricciardi of the 5 Star Movement required patience, but could be instructive. He reported that, as a guest the day before on Piazzapulita on La7, Ricciardi had corrected Giorgia Mulè multiple times and even corrected himself, using the terms "arms" and "rearmament" in response to those discussing defense and security. According to Setaccioli, M5S representatives often resorted to those words in Parliament, on television, in the squares, and in Marco Travaglio’s newspaper, to stir up outrage by linking rearmament to the rising cost of living, healthcare waiting lists, the scarcity of university housing, and even bad weather. He added that a young guest on the same episode, Fouad, repeated the slogan "more school, less arms" while, in his opinion, making an unacceptable "non-condemnation" of those responsible for the devastation in Milan, without knowing figures and spending mechanisms. Setaccioli argued that this could lead people to believe that 14 billion would be spent on arms while prices were rising and schools were falling apart. He stated that, through the SAFE mechanism, the capital invested in security would be returned after 10 years, over 35 years, and at almost zero interest. He also wrote that spending on arms, adjusted for inflation, had increased proportionally more in the three measures approved by Giuseppe Conte in peacetime than in the four enacted by the Meloni government, despite two large-scale wars ongoing. According to Setaccioli, that year's budget had increased the defense budget by 1.1 billion, an amount that likely would not have been enough to offset the rising cost of living, while the consequences of the Superbonus would have cost 40 billion. He concluded that no funds would be taken from schools to favor arms lobbyists and attributed the precarious conditions of institutions to the choices of those who, in his view, preferred to finance thermal coats, fixtures, and facades of second homes and castles. #M5S #Difesa #Sicurezza (translated)

Giorgio Bianchi shared a text attributed to Marco Travaglio, which criticized the theories suggesting that the riots in Europe were fueled by Russia. Travaglio reported that Senator Borghi had speculated that someone might have directed the unrest in Moscow's interest; he also cited Lia Quartapelle, who had invoked foreign powers, and Minister Guido Crosetto, who claimed that TikTok, social media, and YouTube were tools of hybrid warfare. He also referenced articles from Libero, Il Riformista, and La Stampa, as well as statements from Aleksandr Dugin and references to NoVax. In the text, Travaglio argued that attributing the protests to Putin allowed European leaders to divert attention from their own failures. To support his thesis, he cited the accusations of Emmanuel Macron, who had called a video of Brigitte Macron on the plane false, and those of Pedro Sánchez, who claimed that Putin had sent Moroccan migrants to Ceuta, a statement that, Travaglio wrote, had been denied by the Spanish police. He also recalled that Crosetto had linked the doubling of landings in Sicily during Meloni's government to the Wagner brigade, but that Italian intelligence had contradicted him. #Putin #satira #Europa (translated)

Marco Travaglio, a guest on Accordi & Disaccordi, stated that the recent protests by students represent a reckoning with a politics that is far from the real needs of the population, highlighting the contrast in funding for weapons compared to that for schools and healthcare. #Finanza #Sanità #Scuola (translated)

Marco Setaccioli challenged Marco Travaglio's calculations on European and Russian military spending, stating that Travaglio had indicated 450 billion euros for Europe and 150 for Russia and had argued that Russia had reason to fear Europe, which had invaded it four times in the last 200 years. According to Setaccioli, in the current year Russia would have spent around 17 trillion rubles on defense, equivalent to 181 billion euros, a figure indicated, according to him, by most analysts. He noted that the nominal comparison did not take purchasing power into account: applying indices developed by specialized research centers, Russian spending would rise to 574 billion international dollars, compared to about 700 billion for the entire EU. He added that the EU would have three and a half times the population of Russia and a GDP nine times greater. Setaccioli argued that the Russian federal budget did not show all military costs. He cited studies by economist Craig Kennedy, according to which part of the spending would be financed through subsidized loans and would thus remain on the banks' balance sheets. He also recalled an investigation by Dozhd', which, according to him, had documented pressures on private companies to hire people before signing contracts with the military and to supplement salaries with corporate funds. He added that at least three militias would be linked to Gazprom, which would cover part of the costs. For these reasons, he dismissed as false the claim that Russia spent less than the EU. Historically, Setaccioli criticized Travaglio's reconstruction, according to which the Napoleonic and Nazi invasions, along with interventions in Crimea and support for the Bolsheviks, would justify Russian fears toward Europe. Setaccioli listed Russian troop interventions in Poland in 1939, Finland in 1939-1940, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Romania in 1940, Bulgaria in 1944, Hungary in 1956, Czechoslovakia in 1968, Moldova in 1992, Georgia in 2008, and Ukraine in 2014 and 2022. He stated that there were no Russian regions occupied by European countries, while eight regions—one in Moldova, two in Georgia, and five in Ukraine—would be under Russian control. Finally, Setaccioli accused Travaglio of presenting a selective and misleading reconstruction to make Russia appear not dangerous, portray Europe as a threat, and argue that rearmament was unnecessary and risky. In his view, that reasoning could legitimize a potential Russian attack on Europe and constituted a form of collaborationism. #Russia #Europa #Difesa (translated)

Marco Travaglio criticizes Matteo Renzi during a broadcast on La7, comparing him to a scorpion that acts against his own interests and questions the trust necessary for a center-left alliance with him, while Massimo Giannini defends the need for a wide coalition to defeat Giorgia Meloni. #Centrosinistra #MatteoRenzi #Elezioni2024 (translated)

Marco Travaglio, intervening at Otto e mezzo on La7, criticizes the center-left for opposing too much and warns that some circles are trying to replace Giorgia Meloni with a weakened version of the center-right, while highlighting the internal contradictions of the ruling majority and the persistent divisions in Italian politics, particularly regarding the war in Ukraine. #Centrosinistra #GiorgiaMeloni #MarcoTravaglio (translated)

Marco Setaccioli criticized Marco Travaglio for claiming that resuming purchases of Russian gas would be more advantageous for Europe than for Moscow. According to Setaccioli, sales data contradicted this thesis: since the beginning of the war, European consumption of Russian gas would have fallen from 150 billion cubic meters per year in 2021 to 18 in 2025. Of the 132 billion lost, he wrote, China would only have bought 28 more; moreover, Xi would not have wanted to build the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline. Setaccioli added that Gazprom had laid off hundreds of people and recorded losses for the first time in many years. On the topic of prices, Setaccioli stated that, before Donald Trump's move related to Iran, gas cost 32 euros per MWh, despite Russian supplies being at a minimum. He compared that price to the peak of 180 euros per MWh reached in December 2021, before the start of the war in Ukraine, when the pipelines were still intact and Russian supplies continued. According to Setaccioli, Moscow had reduced reserves and supplies to raise cash ahead of the invasion and to pressure Europe, dissuading it from supporting Kyiv. He attributed European diversification to the choice of not following the positions of Travaglio and Alessandro Di Battista, who, he wrote, had sought to stop the TAP, the pipeline that brings gas from Azerbaijan, evoking environmental damage that Puglia, according to him, was still awaiting. Finally, Setaccioli reported that the day before, the parliamentary group of the vannacciani had presented a resolution to resume purchases of Russian gas. He speculated that the proposal had come following new indications from Moscow. #gasrusso #Gazprom #energia (translated)

Marco Setaccioli accused Travaglio of focusing on Gazprom and wrote that the Fatto had welcomed the decision attributed to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to rebuild the Nord Stream pipelines, described as "destroyed by Kiev." He called the director's comment manipulative, arguing that it presented the conflict as a proxy war, used derogatory tones towards European leaders, criticized the sanctions, and attributed the manipulation of Ukrainians to Washington and London, without naming Russia as the aggressor. Setaccioli also accused Travaglio of echoing Trump's narrative that the energy price hikes depended on Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries, rather than the war against Iran, and of blaming and harassing those who died under the bombings. #politica #media #guerra (translated)