Bonaccini says Meloni and Vannacci voters 'studied little'

In Italy on 28 August 2026, Bonaccini said that people who vote for Meloni and Vannacci "studied little". He then backpedaled, saying he was speaking about a problem of the left. Meloni replied that her side does not ask voters for their degrees but respects them, and that Italians vote for her because they "studied the left on their own skin". Corriere della Sera quoted Giovanni Orsina as saying that looking down one's nose is terribly harmful, and calling it the grave mistake of Hillary Clinton. Bonaccini said Meloni's attacks are meant to avoid answering Italy's social and economic decline, and La Repubblica quoted him saying "first the pact, then the leadership".

Elsewhere in Southern Europe, Italian opposition parties attacked after Ranucci left Report, calling it "Meloni's edict", and Corriere della Sera explained why Meloni wants a single special economic zone (ZES) for all of Italy. In Spain, Marlaska warned about riots in Ceuta and accused the PP and Vox of "inciting hatred", and Abascal did not travel to Chile, staying in Congress to demand accountability from Sanchez over Ceuta.