Rule reminder
This exercise brings together all aspects of Italian journalistic language covered in this topic: headline conventions (ellipsis, nominal style, present tense), reporting verbs, hearsay conditional, passive voice, political and institutional vocabulary, fixed expressions, and register differences. A proficient B2 reader can navigate all these features simultaneously when reading an authentic Italian newspaper article.
Compare these two sentences: (A) 'Il premier ha firmato il decreto.' (B) 'Il premier avrebbe firmato il decreto.' In terms of journalistic use, when is (B) appropriate but (A) is NOT?