Rai surrenders to a level playing field: the TV confrontation between Meloni and Schlein is skipped
Only four of the eight lists represented in Parliament accepted the invitation, there is not the majority required by AgCom
ROME – “Only four of the eight lists represented in Parliament accepted Rai’s invitation to a two-way comparison between leaders on the basis of representative strength. For this reason, in the absence of a majority requested by the Communications Regulatory Authority, Rai believes it cannot plan any discussion in the terms previously proposed. The Public Service will continue to guarantee, as it has always done, compliance with the Par Condicio in news and in-depth programs with the. balance and correctness recognized by the Authority itself”. Thus in a note from Viale Mazzini. Therefore, unless sensational and unforeseeable events occur, the TV confrontation between Meloni and Schlein scheduled for May 23rd on RaiUno will be cancelled.
The Communications Authority has established that the Prime Minister and the secretary of the Democratic Party can clash – paradoxically this only applies to TV – only if the majority of the lists present in Parliament give the OK. With a proportional distribution of seats in Bruno Vespa’s studio. There is no majority required, the “viewers” will have to do without the duel.