http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/01c8322f191f5d39 https://verfassungsblog.de/italy-democratic-regression/ Addio, Rule of Law? - A Critical Comment on Italy’s Trajectory on Security, Surveillance, and Freedom Citino, Ylenia Maria eng 2025-05-22 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Democratic Backsliding Demokratie [Motiv] Giorgia Meloni Italien Italy Meloni Parliamentary Democracy Security Decree democracy surveillance Demokratie [Motiv] Italien Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Fears are spreading that Italy, too, may be joining the club of EU Member States dismantling the rule of law. In this post, I will discuss three episodes that indeed lay bare a set of enduring constitutional tensions: the “Striano gate”; the “Paragon affair”; and the enactment of a Security Decree. While the actors involved are not the same in each story, the constitutional stakes are analogous: the proper use of coercive powers in a democracy and the traditional dichotomy between freedom and state authority. So, are we witnessing early signs of democratic regression?