“Despair can never justify trips that endanger the lives of one’s own children”, reacted, hotly, the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi a few hours following the shipwreck which caused the death of at least 67 people, many of them small. Statements that embarrassed the government of Giorgia Meloni and triggered hostile reactions from the opposition. “Despair, dear Minister, does not allow us to reason with a cool head”, retorted the famous Rai presenter, Bruno Vespa, live.
