Giorgia Meloni's government breaks historical record in Italy

Giorgia Meloni's government has broken a historic record in Italy. As of this Friday, her cabinet has been in office longer than any other government since the founding of the Italian Republic in 1946. The 49-year-old politician has thus surpassed the previous record of Silvio Berlusconi's second government (2001-2005).

Meloni, who is also chairwoman of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party, has been head of government for exactly 1,413 days. On October 22, 2022, she became the first woman in Italy's history to be sworn in as Prime Minister. Former Prime Minister Berlusconi's second cabinet was in office for 1,412 days.

Meloni's critics accuse her of turning her long term in office into a political end in itself and criticize the stagnation. The newspaper “La Repubblica” recently listed the supposed “flops” of their government, including the tensions with US President Donald Trump and their failure in a referendum on judicial reform – a prestige project of the government.

But since the beginning of her term in office, Meloni has also convinced the financial markets of her fiscal discipline and ended costly programs of her predecessors, such as the “super bonus” for home renovations. Your EU partners praise a pro-European course. "One reason Meloni was able to stay in power for four years is that she didn't try to change much or upset voters," pollster Lorenzo Pregliasco told Reuters. “This is perhaps the most sobering lesson from this time.”

The next elections in 2027 could completely reshuffle the cards and throw the country back into its dreaded political fragmentation. The greatest threat to Meloni's second stable term in office comes from the far right. Ex-General Roberto Vannacci has shaken up the political landscape with a new party. With even sharper tones on immigration and security, he is successfully fishing in the voter pool of Meloni's coalition.