Mattarella warns again: hybrid threats are a national security priority for Italy

Mattarella warns again: hybrid threats are a national security priority for Italy

Addressing ambassadors at the Quirinale, Italian President Sergio Mattarella explicitly highlighted the dangers posed by disinformation, manipulation and hostile influence operations, framing them as part of wider “hybrid conflicts” that blur the line between internal and external fronts in the democratic countries. Mattarella warned that manipulative information flows are fuelling instability, exploiting democratic openness and empowering opaqu…