Roia leads the Court and his wife-judge takes a step back. "The gender issue always emerges with the woman who must move back to make room for the man." Thus begins the inauguration speech of Fabio Roia, from today officially at the helm of the Milanese judges.

At the ceremony, which was held in the main hall of the Palace of Justice, many now retired judges, including the former president of the Court of Appeal Marina Tavassi, Ezio Siniscalchi and Roberto Bichi.