Justice and security: Italy does not have few agents, but penalties that are not applied. Ukraine: Missing weapons and corruption as Western support wanes. Economy and politics: the 1,600 billion energy bill and the internal war in the US Democrats.
The director’s editorial: «More than agents, we need certainty of punishment»
Milena Gabanelli claims that, despite the new hiring of agents, the police force will still remain insufficient and that more severe penalties are useless if they are not applied. The article replies that the real problem is not the number of policemen, since Italy already has more than many European countries, but the inability of the judicial and legislative system to enforce penalties: arrested people who are immediately released, “minor” crimes decriminalized, rules that require the victim to file a complaint in order to proceed. Security, he concludes, depends less on hiring and more on making sanctions effective and restoring authority to agents.
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The cover: Where do the weapons we give them go?
The war in Ukraine is marked by widespread corruptionespecially on Western military supplies: missing weapons, missed tracking, bribes and phantom contracts. Kiev admits that almost half a million small arms it vanished and Washington lost track of any further 1 billion dollars of equipment. Meanwhile, Ukraine faces a collapse in enlistments, record desertions and recruitments bypassed by paying bribes. The social breakdown coincides with political scandals and a flight of young people abroad. Western military support is also declining, while various international reports warn of the risk of a black market in weapons become a long-term problem in Europe and the Middle East.
Economy – we pay for the conflict in the bill
The war in Ukraine exploded the European energy crisis, which began as early as 2021 when Russia began cutting gas flows. With the invasion, the EU had to compete on the global LNG market and gas and electricity prices reached record levels. Between 2021 and 2024 Europe spent approx 1,600 billion euros in extra energy costs and public subsidies, with strong repercussions on inflation, interest rates, state budgets and industrial competitiveness. Italy, very dependent on Russian gas, paid a particularly high price.
Justice reform – There are those who say yes
More and more authoritative magistrates – from Di Pietro to Piero Tony, up to D’Avino, Gustapane and Racanelli – take sides in favor of the separation of careers and of draw for the CSMbreaking the traditionally contrary front of the ANM. According to them, the reform is necessary to reduce the power of the factions, increase disciplinary responsibility and strengthen the impartiality of judges. Even very high profile figures such as Barbera, Mirabelli and Cassese argue that change is now inevitable.
Foreign Affairs – DEM prisoners of the New York syndrome
The American Democratic Party is crossed by a internal civil war between the centrist and ultra-progressive wing, which worsened after Trump’s return to the White House. The victories of radical figures such as Zohran Mamdani And Katie Wilsontogether with the clash over the shutdown, have shown deep divisions and weakened the leadership of Chuck Schumercontested by his followers. The candidates in sight for 2028 (Shapiro, Newsom, Pritzker, Walz) are distancing themselves from radicalism to recover working class of the Rust Belt, which has abandoned the Dems on issues such as immigration, energy transition and woke policies. Meanwhile, Trump exploits the rise of radical progressives to accuse the party of extremism. Result: the Democrats are not growing in the polls, they remain marginal in the political debate and are struggling to find a line capable of winning the country back for them.
