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The new Italian government formed by appointed Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni was officially sworn in at the presidential Palace
on Saturday, Trend reports citing Euronews.
Meloni had been formally appointed and accepted the mandate on
Friday, after being summoned by President Sergio Mattarella at the
end of his short round of consultations with all parties’ leaders
in parliament.
If Meloni and her cabinet pass confidence vote at the
parliament, she will serve as the country’s first female prime
minister ever.
Italy held a snap general election on Sept. 25, following the
resignation of Mario Draghi as prime minister in July, which put an
end to a government of national unity that led the country for some
17 months.
Meloni — the leader of right-wing Brothers of Italy — was
asked to form the new government after her party won 26 percent of
votes in the recent polls, ending up as the most voted force.
She had run the campaign with her two coalition allies, the
center-right Forza Italia party of former prime minister Silvio
Berlusconi and the anti-immigrant and Eurosceptic League led by
Matteo Salvini, both of which gained a little over 8 percent of the
votes.
As such, the right-wing coalition marked a clear victory and,
with the current mainly first-past-the-post electoral system, was
able to secure a solid majority of seats in both the chambers of
the Italian parliament.
The swearing ceremony took place at the Quirinal presidential
palace on Saturday morning.
Overall, Brothers of Italy named 9 ministers in the cabinet,
while League and Forza Italia 5 ministers each. Further 5 cabinet
posts will be covered by technocrat figures.
Now, after being officially sworn in, the cabinet will need the
confidence of both the Lower House and the Senate in order to enter
into force. The voting will take place on two separate days next
week.
The new cabinet would count 24 ministers, including some key
figures. These include Giancarlo Giorgietti, who would serve as
Economy and Finance minister after being Industry minister in the
previous cabinet, and Antonio Tajani as next minister of Foreign
Affairs and as one of the two deputy prime ministers named by
Meloni.
League’s leader Matteo Salvini will serve as minister of
Infrastructure, and as deputy prime minister as well. Matteo
Piantedosi, a former chief of staff to Salvini, will be the next
Interior minister, while Aldolfo Urso and Guido Crosetto — both
from Meloni’s Brothers of Italy — would serve as Industry minister
and Defence minister, respectively.
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