{"id":470927,"date":"2026-11-11T17:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T16:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/11\/allarmi-bomba-scuole-italiane-valditara\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T18:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T17:09:36","slug":"bomb-threats-at-6000-italian-schools-valditara-a-strategic-plot-is-more-likely-than-a-mythomaniac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/11\/bomb-threats-at-6000-italian-schools-valditara-a-strategic-plot-is-more-likely-than-a-mythomaniac\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb threats at 6,000 Italian schools; Valditara: \u201cA strategic plot is more likely than a mythomaniac\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels \u2013 More than 6,000 schools across Italy received emails today (11 November) containing false bomb threats, leading to evacuations and checks by the police. \u201c<strong>A figure set to rise,<\/strong>\u201d according to the Minister for Education, <strong>Giuseppe Valditara<\/strong>, who, at a press briefing in Brussels \u2013 where he was attending the event \u201cI T4LENTI DEL FUT2RO\u201d at the European Parliament \u2013 spoke of a \u201cpossible broader strategy\u201d behind the incidents, while urging people \u201cnot to fuel alarmism.\u201d So far, the alerts have not been substantiated in any way that would suggest a concrete threat. \u201cThe frequency and diversity of these incidents \u2013 which affect not only schools but also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/05\/bomb-threats-on-more-than-20-flights-tzitzikostas-any-threat-to-civilians-is-unacceptable\/\">transport<\/a> and other organisations \u2013 suggest a strategy rather than the actions of a single mythomaniac,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a meeting is scheduled at Palazzo Chigi between the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and senior intelligence officials, as well as Ministers Guido Crosetto and Matteo Piantedosi, to take stock of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Valditara linked these incidents to the broader context of new hybrid threats. \u201cWe must be vigilant, but also aware that in a context where hybrid warfare is increasingly being used as a tool to destabilise nations and economies, we must equip ourselves,\u201d he said. Hence, according to the minister, there is a need to \u201c<strong>step up investment in cybersecurity.<\/strong>\u201d In this regard, Valditara defended the Italian government\u2019s request to the European Commission for an exemption from the Stability Pact\u2019s constraints in order to increase security spending, clarifying that \u201cnot a single penny has been taken from education to be allocated to defence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Forza Italia (EPP) MEP <strong>Salvatore De Meo<\/strong>, a member of the European Parliament\u2019s Committee on Security and chairman of the EU-NATO delegation, also commented on the matter. \u201cThe bomb threats affecting over 300 Italian schools represent <strong>a worrying incident that must not be underestimated<\/strong>,\u201d he said, emphasising that even the threat alone can \u201cgenerate fear, disrupt essential services, and undermine the peace of mind of thousands of families.\u201d For De Meo, strengthening prevention, coordination and the capacity to respond to new forms of threat must become a priority.\u00a0Solidarity with the schools affected was also expressed by the Forza Italia (EPP) MEP, <strong>Giusi Princi<\/strong>, who stated that \u201cthese attacks are unacceptable and <strong>require a swift and rigorous response.<\/strong>\u201d Princi therefore emphasised the need to strengthen European cybersecurity policies, prevention tools, and cooperation between Member States, in order to protect the entire European economic and social system. According to <strong>Pina Picierno<\/strong>, leader of Spazio Pubblico (Renew Europe) and Vice-President of the European Parliament, \u201cPresident Meloni\u2019s decision to convene the leaders of the opposition parties is a step in the right direction \u2013 one we have long been calling for: to recognise hybrid warfare, with its web of intimidation, sabotage, and cyber-attacks, as a national emergency to be tackled with a shared and united spirit. The security of the nation and of Europe is at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Salvatore De Meo, the MEP for Forza Italia (EPP), this is \u201ca worrying incident that must not be underestimated\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7896,"featured_media":426363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30809,25712],"tags":[25984,36623,36595,31199,31295,25745],"class_list":["post-470927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-security","category-general-news","tag-allarme-scuola","tag-attacchi-cyber","tag-giuseppe-valditara-en","tag-giusi-princi","tag-safety-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470927"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470930,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470927\/revisions\/470930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}