Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni denies bugging journalists or politicians. "I have never authorized, since the government took office, any kind of wiretapping," she said.
Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said such "preventive" wiretapping could be carried out if state security was in danger. He said he was ready to provide "all information deemed useful" to the Parliamentary Commission for the Security of the Republic (Copasir), responsible for controlling the secret services.