68th government of the Italian Republic
The Meloni government is the 68th government of the
Italian Republic , the first headed by
Giorgia Meloni , leader of
Brothers of Italy , who is also the first woman to hold the office of
Prime Minister of Italy .
[1]
[2]
[3] The government was sworn in on 22 October 2022.
[4]
[5] It was one of the fastest government formations in the
history of the Italian Republic .
[6] It was variously described as a shift to the
political right ,
[7] as well as the first
far-right -led coalition in Italy since
World War II .
[8]
[9]
Supporting parties
History
Government formation
Delegation of the centre-right coalition at the
Quirinal Palace
Immediately after the first meeting of the
Italian Parliament 's new legislature, tensions began to grow within the
centre-right coalition . On 13 October,
Silvio Berlusconi refused to support
Ignazio La Russa ,
[10] a politician with a
neo-fascist background and the
Brothers of Italy (FdI) candidate to be
President of the Senate of the Republic .
[11]
[12]
[13] He succeeded in being elected by obtaining 116 votes out of 206 in the first round,
[14] thanks to the support from opposition parties to the centre-right coalition.
[15]
[16] Tensions further grew, in particular between Berlusconi and
Giorgia Meloni , whom Berlusconi described as "patronising, overbearing, arrogant" and "offensive" in a series of written notes in the Senate.
[17]
[18] In the following days, after meetings between parties' leader, tensions loosened and the centre-right coalition parties reached an agreement on the formation of the new cabinet.
[1]
The Meloni government at the
Quirinal Palace for the swearing in ceremony
On 20 October, consultations between President
Sergio Mattarella and parties officially began. On the following day, delegates from FdI, the
League (Lega), whose member
Lorenzo Fontana had been elected
President of the Chamber of Deputies on 14 October),
[19]
[20]
Forza Italia (FI), and the group of
Civics of Italy –
Us Moderates –
MAIE told Mattarella they had reached an agreement to form a
coalition government with Meloni as Prime Minister.
[2]
[21] In the afternoon, Mattarella summoned Meloni to the
Quirinal Palace , asking her to form a new government.
[3] Meloni accepted the task, and on the same day assembled a cabinet, which was officially sworn in on 22 October.
[4]
[5]
[22] She is the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister.
[7]
[8]
[9] The government successfully won the
confidence vote , held in late October,
[23]
[24] with a comfortable majority in both houses.
[25]
[26]
[27]
On 25 October, Meloni gave her first official speech as Prime Minister in front of the
Chamber of Deputies , before the
confidence vote on her government. During her speech, she stressed the weight of being the first woman to serve as head of the Italian government.
[28] Meloni thanked several Italian women, notably including
Tina Anselmi ,
Samantha Cristoforetti ,
Grazia Deledda ,
Oriana Fallaci ,
Nilde Iotti ,
Rita Levi-Montalcini , and
Maria Montessori , who she said, "with the boards of their own examples, built the ladder that today allows me to climb and break the heavy
glass ceiling placed over our heads."
[29]
[30] On 31 October, the government nominated its deputy ministers and undersecretaries.
[31] Galeazzo Bignami, one of the chosen deputy ministers,
[32]
[33] caused controversy and garnered international attention as a 2005 photo of him with a Nazi armband became public.
[34]
[35]
Investiture vote
25–26 October 2022
Investiture votes for the Meloni government
[36]
[37]
House of
Parliament
Vote
Parties
Votes
Chamber of Deputies (Voting: 389 of 400, Majority: 195)
Y Yes
FdI ,
Lega ,
FI ,
CdI –
NM –
MAIE
N No
PD–IDP ,
M5S ,
A–IV ,
AVS ,
+E
Abstention
SVP ,
ScN
Senate of the Republic (Voting: 199 of 206, Majority: 98)
Y Yes
FdI ,
Lega ,
FI ,
CdI –
NM –
MAIE
N No
PD–IDP ,
M5S ,
A–IV ,
AVS ,
+E ,
SVP
[a]
Abstention
SVP ,
ScN
^ One SVP senator voted in favour, the other against.
Domestic policies
This section needs to be updated . Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2024 )
Meloni's government first decree law was related to the ergastolo ostativo ,
[38] the prison regime that excludes the perpetrators of violent crimes, in particular those related to the
mafia and
terrorism , from receiving benefits in prison unless they collaborate with the justice system, which are known as collaboratori di giustizia . In 2021, the
Constitutional Court of Italy held that this was unconstitutional, and this decree law was previously approved in the Chamber on 31 March 2022 but did not make it to the Senate due to the
snap elections .
[39] One of the first measures implemented by the government regarded
COVID-19 and concerned in the complete removal of the
COVID-19 vaccination certificate , known in Italy as the Green Pass; moreover, the non-vaccinated doctors were re-integrated into service.
[40]
[41] Another policy deemed of priority by the new right-wing government is raising the cash ceiling, which critics argue it favours
tax evasion and
unreported employment , while its proponents including Meloni reject this;
[42] a poll by Izi showed that 6 out of 10 right-wing voters agreed that such a law would favour unreported employment.
[43]
On 31 October, the government approved a decree providing for a penalty of up to six years of imprisonment for illegal parties and rallies.
[44] This came amid anti-fascist protests at
La Sapienza University ,
[45] which were subject of criticism due to the police's response,
[46]
[47]
[48] and a rally in
Predappio , where
Benito Mussolini is buried, to commemorate the centenary of the
March on Rome that led to the takeover of Mussolini and
Italian fascism of the government.
[49]
[50] Despite being officially presented as a decree against illegal
rave parties ,
[51] the law was applicable to any gathering over 50 people that the public authority deemed dangerous,
[52]
[53]
[54] which garnered criticism,
[55]
[56]
[57] including from jurist Vitalba Azzolini.
[58] The decree also caused protests from opposition parties and civil rights associations; according to
Amnesty International , the decree "risked undermining the right to peaceful protest",
[59] while
Giuseppe Conte of the
Five Star Movement compared it to a
police state .
[60] The law was also contested by FI,
[61]
[62] which asked for changes,
[63] including the reduction of sentences to four years,
[64] while it was mainly supported by FdI and Lega,
[65] and FdI's justice minister
Carlo Nordio was reportedly upset by the law.
[66]
Party breakdown
Beginning of term
Ministers
Ministers and other members
Current
Ministers
Ministers and other members
Brothers of Italy (FdI): prime minister, 9 ministers, 4 deputy ministers, 13 undersecretaries
League (Lega): 5 ministers, 2 deputy ministers, 9 undersecretaries
Forza Italia (FI): 5 ministers, 2 deputy ministers, 6 undersecretaries
Independents : 5 ministers, 1 undersecretary
Us Moderates (NM): 1 undersecretary
Geographical breakdown
A
choropleth map showing the number of ministers from each
region of Italy
Council of Ministers
Composition
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