The words of Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen at the end of the informal summit in Brussels on common European defence against tariffs. Von der Leyen said that a trade war is not in anyone’s interest, that the EU will defend itself by seeking new trade outlets in China and that the climate change programme will go ahead. It is estimated that for Italy the duties announced by Trump could cost between EUR 4 and 7 billion.
News from Legambiente’s “Mal’aria” report on the quality of the air we breathe in Italian cities: Frosinone, Milan and Verona are the most polluted.
Finally, a look at football: Lazio won in Cagliari and returned to fourth place in the standings, the last one useful for the Champions league. For the Coppa Italia this evening, the first quarter-final Atalanta-Bologna.