The Court of Cassation has confirmed Matteo Salvini’s acquittal in the Open Arms case, after the Palermo tribunal cleared him last year.The decision closes proceedings over the August 2019 episode in which the NGO ship Open Arms stayed at sea for 19 days with 147 migrants; prosecutors had appealed in July and defense lawyer Giulia Bongiorno and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed the outcome while the verdict was also highlighted in Corriere della Sera’s Day by Day podcast alongside EU–Mercosur ratification debate and dire weather conditions in Gaza.