On October 22, local time, the new Italian government led by Giorgia Meloni was sworn in at the Presidential Palace. Meloni, who was born in 1977, officially took office as prime minister, which also marked the birth of Italy's first female prime minister.
On October 22, 2022, local time, in Rome, Italy, Italian President Mattarella (fourth from right) and new Italian Prime Minister Meloni (fifth from right) took a group photo with the new cabinet members at the swearing-in ceremony of the new government. Visual China Picture
In the previous election, Meloni’s Italian Brothers Party received about 26% of the vote, becoming the largest party in parliament. Subsequently, the Brothers of Italy chose to form a governing coalition with the Italian League and Forza Italia.
According to Reuters 22 report, Meloni and her governing partners are currently facing difficult challenges, such as the looming economic recession, rising energy costs and how to unify the domestic position in the Ukraine crisis. Prior to this, the new cabinet must pass a vote of confidence in the Italian Senate and House of Representatives before the 25th of this month.
For a long time, the League Party and the Forza Party have been the leading right-wing forces in Italy, but now Meloni is a far-right representative with a more distinctive style. Reuters disclosed in a report on the 22nd that among the 24-member cabinet list announced by Meloni: 9 ministers are from the fraternal parties led by herself, and the Power Party and the Alliance Party each obtained five ministerial seats. In addition, Meloni also appointed 5 professional technocrats as ministers, and 6 of the 24 people on the list are women.
On October 21, 2022 local time, in Rome, Italy, Meloni spoke to the media at the Quirinal Palace. Visual China Picture
Among them, Salvini, leader of the League Party, will serve as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure; Antonio Tajani, deputy leader of the Power Party and former President of the European Parliament, will serve as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Giancarlo Giorgetti, former Minister of Economic Development, will serve as Minister of Economy; and Guido Crosetto, one of the founders of the Brothers Party, will serve as Minister of Defense. It is worth noting that Berlusconi, the 86-year-old leader of the Forza Party, did not appear in the cabinet list.
On the same day when the government was sworn in, Meloni wrote on his personal social media, "We are ready to govern Italy. We will be aware of and equipped to respond to the urgency and challenges of our time."
