Meloni heads Italy’s most rightwing government since the second world war. Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.
That’s not defamation, that’s a factual news update.
Even calling it a news update isn’t really accurate. It’s more akin to “water is wet.”