Meloni government becomes Italy’s longest-lasting
This handout picture taken and released by Quirinale Press Office on October 21, 2022 shows President of the Italian party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) and Italian designated Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (AFP Photo / QUIRINALE PRESS OFFICE)
Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right government on Sept. 4 becomes the longest-lasting in Italy’s postwar history, a notable record that belies considerable challenges ahead of elections next year.
In a country once a byword for political instability, Italy’s first woman leader will have been in charge of the same administration for 1,413 days, one more than the late Silvio Berlusconi managed during one of his four stints in office.
“It is certainly a point of pride,” Marco Osnato, a prominent lawmaker with Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, told AFP of the milestone.
