Italy: Meloni's new security bill targets youth crime and squatting

The Council of Ministers approved a bill on "security and prevention of youth hardship" plus police-force reorganisation, following an earlier decree against unlawful occupations and a bill shortening eviction timelines. Meloni: "We will protect honest citizens, not those who commit crimes."

Youth crime, knife crime and squatting are rising UK issues; Meloni's pairing of prevention language with enforcement substance is a rhetorical model UK centre-right politicians are seeking post-Starmer.