Meloni government

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Meloni government
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68th cabinet of Italy
Incumbent
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Date formed 22 October 2022 (19 months ago) (2022-10-22)
People and organisations
Head of government Giorgia Meloni
Deputy head of government Antonio Tajani
Matteo Salvini
Head of state Sergio Mattarella
Number of ministers 25 (incl. Prime Minister)
Member parties
Status in legislature Centre-right coalition
Opposition parties
History
Election(s) 2022 election
Legislature term(s) XIX Legislature (2022–present)
Incoming formation 2022 government formation
Predecessor Draghi government

The Meloni government is the 68th government of the Italian Republic, the first led by the president of Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, who is also the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister of Italy.[1][2][3] The government was announced on 21 October 2022 and was officially sworn in on the next day.[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

The majority supporting the government consists of the following parties:

Party Position Main ideology Leader
Brothers of Italy (FdI) Right-wing to far-right National conservatism Giorgia Meloni
League (Lega) Right-wing to far-right Right-wing populism Matteo Salvini
Forza Italia (FI) Centre-right Liberal conservatism Silvio Berlusconi
Secondary government positions
Italy in the Centre (IaC) Centre to centre-right Liberal conservatism Giovanni Toti
Renaissance (Rin) Centre-right Protection of cultural heritage Vittorio Sgarbi
External support
Us with Italy (NcI) Centre to centre-right Liberal conservatism Maurizio Lupi
Coraggio Italia (CI) Centre to centre-right Liberal conservatism Luigi Brugnaro
Union of the Centre (UdC) Centre to centre-right Christian democracy Lorenzo Cesa
Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE) Centre Italians abroad intererests Ricardo Merlo
Animalist Movement (MA) Centre-right Animal rights Michela Vittoria Brambilla

History

Government formation

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Main article: 2022 Italian government formation
File:Governo Meloni.jpg
The Meloni government at the Quirinal Palace for the swearing in ceremony

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]


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 announced to 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 she announced the composition of her government, 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 successufully 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)		 YesY Yes FdI, Lega, FI, CdI–NM–MAIE
235 / 389
N No PD–IDP, M5S, A–IV, AVS, +E
154 / 389
Abstention SVP, ScN
5 / 389
Senate of the Republic
(Voting: 199 of 206, Majority: 98)		 YesY Yes FdI, Lega, FI, CdI–NM–MAIE
115 / 199
N No PD–IDP, M5S, A–IV, AVS, +E, SVP[lower-alpha 1]
79 / 199
Abstention SVP, ScN
5 / 199
  1. ↑ One SVP senator voted in favour, the other against.

Domestic policies

Meloni's government first decree law was related to the ergastolo ostantivo,[38] the prison regime that excludes the perpetrators of violent crimes, in particular those releated 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

Ministers

10
5
5
5

Ministers and other members

  • Brothers of Italy (FdI): Prime minister, 9 ministers, 4 deputy ministers, 14 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): 2 undersecretaries

Geographical breakdown

File:Regional Composition of the Italian Council of Ministers (Meloni Cabinet 2022).svg
A choropleth map showing the number of ministers from each region of Italy

Council of Ministers

Office Name Party Term
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Brothers of Italy 2022–present
Deputy Prime Ministers Antonio Tajani Forza Italia 2022–present
Matteo Salvini League 2022–present
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani Forza Italia 2022–present
Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi Independent 2022–present
Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio Brothers of Italy 2022–present
Minister of Defence Guido Crosetto Brothers of Italy 2022–present
Minister of Economy and Finance Giancarlo Giorgetti League 2022–present
Minister of Business and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso Brothers of Italy 2022–present
Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests Francesco Lollobrigida Brothers of Italy 2022–present
Minister of the Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto Fratin Forza Italia 2022–present
Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini League 2022–present
Minister of Labour and Social Policies Marina Calderone Independent 2022–present
Minister of Education and Merit Giuseppe Valditara League 2022–present
Minister of University and Research Anna Maria Bernini Forza Italia 2022–present
Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano Independent 2022–present
Minister of Health Orazio Schillaci Independent 2022–present
Minister of Tourism Daniela Santanchè Brothers of Italy 2022–present
Minister for Relations with Parliament Luca Ciriani Brothers of Italy 2022–present
Minister for Public Administration Paolo Zangrillo Forza Italia 2022–present
Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies Roberto Calderoli League 2022–present
Minister for Civil Protection and Marine Policies Nello Musumeci Brothers of Italy 2022–present
Minister for European Affairs, Southern Italy, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP Raffaele Fitto Brothers of Italy 2022–present
Minister for Sport and Youth Andrea Abodi Independent 2022–present
Minister for Family, Birth Rate and Equal Opportunities Eugenia Roccella Brothers of Italy 2022–present
Minister for Disabilities Alessandra Locatelli League 2022–present
Minister for Institutional Reforms and Regulatory Simplification Elisabetta Casellati Forza Italia 2022–present
Secretary of the Council of Ministers Alfredo Mantovano Independent 2022–present

Composition

Office Portrait Name Term of office Party
Prime Minister 90px Giorgia Meloni 22 October 2022 – present Brothers of Italy
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Undersecretaries
Deputy Prime Minister 90px Antonio Tajani 22 October 2022 – present Forza Italia
90px Matteo Salvini 22 October 2022 – present League
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation 90px Antonio Tajani 22 October 2022 – present Forza Italia
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Deputy Minister
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Undersecretaries
Minister of the Interior 90px Matteo Piantedosi 22 October 2022 – present Independent
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Undersecretaries
Minister of Justice 90px Carlo Nordio 22 October 2022 – present Brothers of Italy
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Deputy Minister
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Undersecretaries
Minister of Defence 90px Guido Crosetto 22 October 2022 – present Brothers of Italy
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Undersecretaries
Minister of Economy and Finance 90px Giancarlo Giorgetti 22 October 2022 – present League
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Deputy Minister
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Undersecretaries
Minister of Business and Made in Italy 90px Adolfo Urso 22 October 2022 – present Brothers of Italy
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Deputy Minister
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Undersecretaries
Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignity and Forests 90px Francesco Lollobrigida 22 October 2022 – present Brothers of Italy
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Undersecretaries
Minister for the Environment and Energy Security 90px Gilberto Pichetto Fratin 22 October 2022 – present Forza Italia
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Deputy Minister
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Undersecretary
Minister of Infrastructure and Transport 90px Matteo Salvini 22 October 2022 – present League
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Deputy Minister
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Undersecretaries
Minister of Labour and Social Policies 90px Marina Elvira Calderone 22 October 2022 – present Independent
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Deputy Minister
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Undersecretary
Minister of Education and Merit 90px Giuseppe Valditara 22 October 2022 – present League
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Undersecretary
Minister of University and Research 90px Anna Maria Bernini 22 October 2022 – present Forza Italia
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Undersecretary
Minister of Culture 90px Gennaro Sangiuliano 22 October 2022 – present Independent
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Undersecretaries
Minister of Health 90px Orazio Schillaci 22 October 2022 – present Independent
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Undersecretaries
Minister of Tourism 90px Daniela Santanchè 22 October 2022 – present Brothers of Italy
Minister for Relations with Parliament
(without portfolio)		 90px Luca Ciriani 22 October 2022 – present Brothers of Italy
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Undersecretary
Minister for Public Administration
(without portfolio)		 90px Paolo Zangrillo 22 October 2022 – present Forza Italia
Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies
(without portfolio)		 90px Roberto Calderoli 22 October 2022 – present League
Minister for Civil Protection and Marine Policies
(without portfolio)		 90px Nello Musumeci 22 October 2022 – present Brothers of Italy
Minister for European Affairs, Southern Italy, Cohesion Policy and the NRRP
(without portfolio)		 90px Raffaele Fitto 22 October 2022 – present Brothers of Italy
Minister for Sport and Youth
(without portfolio)		 90px Andrea Abodi 22 October 2022 – present Independent
Minister for Family, Birth Rate and Equal Opportunities
(without portfolio)		 90px Eugenia Roccella 22 October 2022 – present Brothers of Italy
Minister for Disabilities
(without portfolio)		 90px Alessandra Locatelli 22 October 2022 – present League
Minister for Institutional Reforms and Regulatory Simplification
(without portfolio)		 90px Elisabetta Casellati 22 October 2022 – present Forza Italia
Secretary of the Council of Ministers 90px Alfredo Mantovano 22 October 2022 – present Independent

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