Giorgia Meloni refuses to sign DPCM for magistrates' salary increase
The president of the Council says she will not endorse the decree that would cost about one billion euros, while the ANM plans to appeal the decision.
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What this story says
- Giorgia Meloni will not sign the DPCM that would increase magistrates' salaries.
- The salary rise is estimated to cost about one billion euros.
- Stefania Craxi publicly backed Meloni's decision not to sign.
- The ANM said it will evaluate an appeal against the decision.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 18 of the 25 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
62/100
Craft
85/100
Hype
15/100
25 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
Only 1 of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
The president of the Council, Giorgia Meloni, announced she does not intend to sign the DPCM that would unlock salary increases for Italy's magistrates. Sources close to Palazzo Chigi conveyed the decision, noting that the proposed raise would amount to roughly one billion euros. Stefania Craxi, former minister and daughter of former prime minister Bettino Craxi, said she shares Meloni's choice not to sign the decree.
The Association of Magistrates (ANM) responded by stating it will evaluate an appeal against the government's refusal to sign the DPCM. Deputy Secretary Celli added that the government will decide on the decree and will consider the appeal. An independent magistrate, quoted in one report, stressed that the law applies to everyone, including the government.
Outlet reports
AGI's digest reported Meloni's refusal, the €1 billion cost estimate and quoted Stefania Craxi's support. Bigodino's digest echoed the same facts, also citing the one‑billion‑euro figure. La Presse's digest highlighted a quote from an independent magistrate but omitted any cost estimate or mention of Craxi. Corriere della Calabria's digest noted the ANM's intention to appeal but did not include the cost figure or Craxi's comment. Gazzetta del Sud's digest reproduced a statement from Deputy Secretary Celli about the government's decision‑making and the planned appeal, while also mentioning the ANM, yet it left out the cost estimate and Craxi's support.
“"The judgments are respected and the law applies to all, also to the Government"”
€1 billion
Estimated cost of magistrates' salary increase
Figures reported by AGI and Bigodino
What the coverage left out
None of the La Presse, Corriere della Calabria or Gazzetta del Sud digests mention the one‑billion‑euro cost estimate. Only AGI and Bigodino include that figure. Only AGI records Stefania Craxi's supportive comment; the other outlets do not. The quote from the independent magistrate appears solely in La Presse, and Deputy Secretary Celli's statement is present only in Gazzetta del Sud.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 18 Oct 2026, 23:45, and will add the sides that appear.
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Meloni blocca gli aumenti ai magistrati: niente firma al decreto da un miliardo di euro
HuffPost It — embedded from source
Giorgia Meloni refuses to sign DPCM for magistrates' salary increase
Il Fatto Quotidiano — embedded from source
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
4 rated outlets
- Both HuffPost It and Il Fatto Quotidiano reported that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she would not sign the DPCM intended to release roughly one billion euros for magistrates’ salary increases and arrears. The outlets noted the estimate of up to €100 000 per magistrate, including back pay.
- The HuffPost It piece led on the total cost, describing it as about a billion euros and comparing it with the ten‑fold lower funds the government is seeking for the trucking crisis. It cited Palazzo Chigi sources via ANSA and quoted Meloni’s remark that she “cannot put my signature” on the decree.
- Il Fatto Quotidiano led on the legal background, explaining the State Council’s rejection of the ISTAT payroll formula and the resulting DPCM. It quoted Meloni saying “non posso mettere la mia firma” and added her comment that the amount is “ten times” the resources sought for transport. The report also detailed the per‑magistrate estimate of up to €100 000, including arrears and a €20 000 annual rise.
- Both left‑rated reports omitted any reaction from opposition politicians or commentary from the Treasury, focusing solely on Meloni’s refusal and the cost figures. No source from the Ministry of Economy was cited, and the pieces did not mention the broader parliamentary debate over the decree.
Centre
2 rated outlets
We have not written our reading of the centre coverage of this story. The centre-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Right
1 rated outlet
We have not written our reading of the right coverage of this story. The right-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Giorgia Meloni refuses to sign DPCM for magistrates' salary increase?
- Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 57% are rated left, 29% are rated centre, 14% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 25. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Giorgia Meloni refuses to sign DPCM for magistrates' salary increase left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Giorgia Meloni refuses to sign DPCM for magistrates' salary increase biased?
- Giorgia Meloni refuses to sign DPCM for magistrates' salary increase is one event reported by 25 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Giorgia Meloni refuses to sign DPCM for magistrates' salary increase?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Giorgia Meloni refuses to sign DPCM for magistrates' salary increase?
- 25 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Why is Giorgia Meloni not signing the DPCM?
- Meloni said she will not sign the decree that would raise magistrates' salaries, a decision confirmed by sources at Palazzo Chigi and supported publicly by Stefania Craxi.
- How much will the magistrates' salary increase cost?
- The increase is estimated to cost about one billion euros, a figure reported by both AGI and Bigodino.
- What is the ANM's reaction to the decision?
- The Association of Magistrates announced it will evaluate an appeal against the government's refusal to sign the DPCM, as noted in the Corriere della Calabria and Gazzetta del Sud digests.
- Who publicly supported Meloni's choice not to sign?
- Stefania Craxi expressed that she shares Meloni's decision not to sign the DPCM, a comment recorded in the AGI digest.
Read it at the source
26 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
4- Meloni Will Not Give Back Wages to the Magistrates: "I Cannot sign." The Reply: "We Will Enforce Our Rights" (opens Il Fatto Quotidiano in a new tab)
Il Fatto Quotidiano — is Il Fatto Quotidiano biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Melons Blocks the Increases to the Magistrates: No Signature to the Decree From a Billion Euros (opens HuffPost It in a new tab)
HuffPost It — is HuffPost It biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Melons on the Salaries of Magistrates: I Will Not Sign the Decree on Increases (opens La Repubblica in a new tab)
La Repubblica — is La Repubblica biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Melons: "No to the Increase in the Salaries of the Magistrates, I Think of the Weak Bands" (opens La Stampa in a new tab)
La Stampa — is La Stampa biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
Centre
2- Sources Chigi, Meloni Does Not Sign the Dpcm for Increases of 1 Billion to the Magistrates (opens ANSA in a new tab)
- Melons: I Do Not Sign the Decree to Give Now One Billion Euros to the Magistrates, My Priority Are the Weak Bands. (opens Il Messaggero in a new tab)
Il Messaggero — is Il Messaggero biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
Right
1Not rated
19- Melons Does Not Sign the Dpcm on Increases to Magistrates (opens Agi.it in a new tab)
- Melons Does Not Sign the Dpcm on Increases to the Magistrates: the Node From About One Billion Euros (opens Bigodino in a new tab)
- Magistrates, Giorgia Meloni Will Not Sign the Dpcm to Unlock Salary Increases (opens Lapresse in a new tab)
- Salaries of the Magistrates, Meloni Does Not Sign the Dpcm. The Anm Evaluates the Appeal (opens corrieredellacalabria.it in a new tab)
corrieredellacalabria.it — is corrieredellacalabria.it biased? Our profile of this outlet
- RAINEWS * ECONOMY AND FINANCE: "AUMENTI DA 1 MILIARDO AI MAGISTRATI: GIORGIA MELONI NON SIGNA IL DPCM" - Journalist Agency Opinion. News From Italy - World / Trentino Alto Adige (opens Agenzia giornalistica Opinione in a new tab)
- Magistrates, Meloni Does Not Authorize the Increase of Salaries (opens Askanews in a new tab)
- One Billion for the Salaries of the Magistrates, Meloni Opposes: "I Will Not Sign" (opens La Voce del Patriota in a new tab)
La Voce del Patriota — is La Voce del Patriota biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Melons Does Not Sign the Dpcm on Increases to Judges From One Billion Euros (opens The Social Post in a new tab)
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- Melons Does Not Sign the Dpcm for Increases of 1 Billion to the Magistrates. The Anm: We Will Make an Appeal (opens gazzettadelsud.it in a new tab)
gazzettadelsud.it — is gazzettadelsud.it biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Redemptions to Magistrates, Melons Oriented Not to Sign the Dpcm (opens Domani in a new tab)
Domani — is Domani biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- FDI - FRATELLI D'ITALIA * CAMERA: "CRISI. RUSPANDINI (FDI), MELONI NON FIRM DPCM AUMENTO DISCOVERED MAGISTRATI CHOICE OF GOODSENSO. Those Who Govern Must Take Priority NATION" - Journalist Agency Opinion. News From Italy - World / Trentino Alto Adige (opens Agenzia giornalistica Opinione in a new tab)
Agenzia giornalistica OpinioneOpinion
- Magistrates, Speranzon (FdI): Well Melons on Contrarietà to Increase Salaries (opens Corriere Nazionale in a new tab)
Corriere Nazionale — is Corriere Nazionale biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Crisis, Meloni: "I will not sign a decree to give one billion euros to magistrates now. My priority is the vulnerable groups" - JIJI PRESSCrisis, Meloni: "I will not sign a decree to give one billion euros to magistrates now. My priority is the vulnerable groups" (opens 時事ドットコム in a new tab)
時事ドットコム
- Salaries of the Magistrates, Meloni: "I Will Not Sign the Decree, in Conscience I Cannot Devote Almost a Billion to the Increases" (opens Quotidiano Nazionale in a new tab)
Quotidiano Nazionale — is Quotidiano Nazionale biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Crisis, Meloni: "I Do Not Sign a Decree to Give Now a Billion Euros to the Magistrates. My Priority Are the Weak" (opens Il Quotidiano del Sud in a new tab)
Il Quotidiano del Sud — is Il Quotidiano del Sud biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Crisis, Melons: "I Do Not Sign a Decree to Give Now a Billion Euros to the Magistrates. My Priority Are the Weak Sections" (opens notizie.it in a new tab)
notizie.it — is notizie.it biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Crisis, Meloni: "I Do Not Sign a Decree to Give Now a Billion Euros to the Magistrates. My Priority Are the Weak" (opens newsbiella.it in a new tab)
newsbiella.it — is newsbiella.it biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Crisis, Meloni: "I Do Not Sign a Decree to Give Now a Billion Euros to the Magistrates. My Priority Are the Weak" (opens canaledieci.it in a new tab)
canaledieci.it — is canaledieci.it biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Crisis, Melons: "I Do Not Sign a Decree to Give Now a Billion Euros to the Magistrates. My Priority Are the Weak Sections" (opens Rec News in a new tab)
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