“Whoever makes a mistake must answer for their actions. Even when they are a minor. Today the Government approved a bill that changes the rules on the imputability of minors. I will explain what changes and why”: Giorgia Meloni thus introduced a video she published on social media. A video in which she explained what will change from now on with the approval of the new anti-maranza law. “Today the government approved a bill that changes the rules on the imputability of minors – she said -. I want to explain what changes and why. I start from a principle that we are trying to affirm in every area: whoever attacks, whoever robs, whoever devastates, must always pay, even if they are 15 or 16 years old. For this reason, we have acted and continue to act: arrest for minors caught with a weapon, severe rules against the spread of knives, harsher penalties for group damage.”
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“And today a further step – added the Prime Minister -. Our legal system currently provides that a minor between 14 and 18 years old is liable for a crime only if a judge ascertains that they were capable of understanding and willing. With this measure, that capacity is always presumed. This means that the opposite can still be proven before a judge, but the starting point changes. Before, incapacity was presumed, today responsibility is presumed.” And again: “This rule primarily targets those who think they are untouchable, who exploit minors as labor for their own affairs. But it also serves to punish those young people who think they can do whatever they want because they know that nothing will happen to them anyway.”
Meloni, in any case, emphasized that there is still much work to be done: “The rule alone does not solve the problem, nor can one reason only on the level of repression when talking about very young people. This measure is a piece in a much more difficult path, often silent. Because a 15 or 16-year-old who becomes violent or commits crimes almost never gets there alone. Very often there is a family that has forgotten them, a school that has lost contact, a neighborhood where there is nothing in the evening, an adult who has taken advantage of the void.” “Filling that void – she continued – requires a lot of work: support for families, school, training, work, sports centers, aggregation spaces, fighting degradation, patrols in the most difficult areas. And we are working on all these fronts, because everything is connected. Firmness without alternatives is not enough, but alternatives without firmness do not solve the problem. Some results are beginning to be seen, and for this reason, we want to insist. Because a just State has the courage to change the rules when they don’t work and has the duty to be strict with those who make mistakes, but also present with those who risk getting lost. Because there is no true freedom without responsibility.”
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Whoever makes a mistake must answer for their actions. Even when they are a minor. Today the Government approved a bill that changes the rules on the imputability of minors. I will explain what changes and why. pic.twitter.com/RtCHH7yOGL
— Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) July 23, 2026
