The PM recently inaugurated a youth sports centre whose revamp and reopening is seen as a sign of Caivano’s “redemption”.
Caivano is where the teen gang rape of two cousins aged 10 and 12 shocked Italy last July, sparking an urban regeneration scheme and changes to youth criminal law.
“[The ‘Caivano challenge’ was] one of the government’s main bets, perhaps I was not prepared this morning for the emotion and impact of the difference compared to what we faced a few months ago,” she said.
“Not just the visual impact but the message that the impact tells. The State and the institutions can make a difference, the State can keep its commitments, the institutions can keep their commitments.
“Here the institutions have behaved as they should always do.”
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