The Italian Senate voted to convert a controversial security bill into law on Wednesday, expanding protections for police and introducing stricter laws around protest-related offences.

The Security Decree was passed into law by a vote of 109 to 69. It was introduced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government, and was approved at the lower house of Parliament on 29 May. Prime Minister Meloni celebrated the bill’s approval in a statement on X (formerly Twitter), praising the government’s decisive step to strengthen the protection of citizens and uniformed officers. She said that the government is strengthening tools available to the Police Forces to defend those who defend citizens every day.

The bill introduces harsher penalties for protesters participating in una

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