In the end, the official announcement arrived earlier than expected: on Thursday 25 June, the CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato, Stefano Antonio Donnarumma, he resigned from his post, in a passage which, according to initial reconstructions, would have been agreed with the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini.
The decision was made at the end of a discussion between the manager and Salvini and would be part of a more broad phase of reorganization of the governance of the main public companies involved in the management of the country's strategic infrastructure, although the disruptions of recent years also contributed to the breakdown. Donnarumma, at the helm of FS since 2024, has overseen the implementation of major investments related to the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, as well as the strengthening of the rail network and the development of infrastructure modernization projects.
Among the names circulating for the succession is that of an internal manager, already involved in the most relevant operational dossiers: In pole position is Trenitalia's CEO, Gianpiero Strisciuglio.
Viareggio Massacre: Moretti's sentence is final and he's going to prison.
They are The sentences in the Viareggio station massacre proceedings are final. (Lucca) June 29, 2009. This was decided by the judges of the fourth criminal section of the Court of Cassation who, rejecting the appeals, confirmed the 5-year sentence for the former CEO of FS and RFI. Mauro Moretti and for the other 10 defendants. Moretti turned himself in to prison on Thursday evening: "I enter with my back straight," he said during a conversation with the Corriere della Sera.
"I'm outraged by this sentence because it is profoundly unjustIt's unfair to the people affected by this outcome, for some of whom it means opening the prison doors for a negligent crime, which is certainly a very serious matter: there were 32 deaths and hundreds of injuries. A crime for which Engineer Moretti is not guilty. I have to say this – but his lawyer doesn't say it – but the documents say so." Lawyer Ambra Giovene, defender of Mauro Moretti After the Supreme Court's ruling on the Viareggio massacre, he added, "It's profoundly unfair to open the prison doors for Moretti. It's deeply sad that in the end, those who will celebrate, as we all know, will be the victims' families, who have already organized a concert. It's sad for those who will attend the concert, it's sad for the victims' families who must bow, as we do, to this ruling, but there's nothing to celebrate, for us or for them."
(Last updated Friday, June 26, at 11:45 a.m.)
