The Council of Ministers approved the new security bill, with provisions on public order and youth distress. Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi presented the bill in a press conference following the cabinet meeting. The official title of the bill covers provisions on security, prevention of youth distress, and the organization of police forces and the Ministry of the Interior.

Key measures include the extension of the so-called preventive stop to minors. The measure applies to individuals who, during specific police operations aimed at preventing crimes that disturb public order in areas with significant influx of people such as those associated with nightlife, may be reasonably suspected of posing a danger to public safety, for instance due to possession of weapons or objects indicating dangerousness.

Local police officers may also carry out the preventive stop. Minister Piantedosi clarified that the existing regulation already provides for this as a prerogative of public safety officers, a functional category that includes local police agents.

The bill introduces a new type of oral warning by the police chief (Questore), which also includes a prohibition on aggregation in circumstances such as nightlife gatherings that give rise to situations constituting a serious threat to public order and safety.

A change to the criminal code extends the possibility of deferred arrest in flagrante to the crime of property damage, as an optional arrest, when committed by five or more people. An aggravating circumstance for group property damage has been established, with imprisonment from one year and six months to five years and a fine of up to 15,000 euros.

The bill also provides for automatic prosecution (procedibilità d'ufficio) for the crime of personal injury against police and judicial police officers in the course of or because of their duties. Previously, prosecution for minor or very minor injuries required a formal complaint.

A change to the civil code excludes damages compensation in cases where the injured party was committing certain crimes at the time of the incident. The typical case is that of a home robbery in which the victim reacts in an attempt at legitimate defense and is convicted for negligent excess, as has occurred in past criminal cases. Criminal liability assessment remains unaffected.

Finally, the Council of Ministers gave the go-ahead to begin the appointment process for Paolo Stazi as president of Consob.