Meloni presents her program – her ministerial selection gives the first clues

Created: 10/25/2022, 10:30 am

By: Florian Naumann

Giorgia Meloni at the Chigi Palace.

At her side: Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and her State Secretary Alfredo Mantovano (right) © IMAGO/Piero Tenagli/ipa-agency.net

How will Giorgia Meloni of far-right Fratelli Italy govern?

On Tuesday she will make a statement, and a decisive vote is also pending.

News ticker.

• Europe

  looks to Italy's new head of

  government, Meloni

  : the post-fascist will present her government program on Tuesday.

• Vote of confidence

  in

  Italy's House of Representatives

  : approval for the Fratelli d'Italia politician is considered certain.

• Meloni's selection of ministers

  already gave a foretaste: the cabinet between moderation and hardliners.

• This news ticker on the constitution of the government in Italy is continuously updated.

Rome – The change of government in Italy is taking shape: the post-fascist Giorgia Meloni took office as Prime Minister at the weekend.

On Tuesday morning (October 25, 11 a.m.) she will make her first government statement in parliament.

The appointment is eagerly awaited.

The politician from the far-right Fratelli d'Italia has not made any public statements after her election victory at the end of September.

Vote of confidence in Rome's House of Representatives: Approval for Meloni is considered safe

In the House of Representatives, the larger of the two parliamentary chambers in Rome, Giorgia Meloni is likely to give an outlook on the work of her new government for the first time.

A vote of confidence is planned for Tuesday evening (7 p.m.).

Approval is considered certain, since Meloni's legal alliance has a majority in parliament.

The second necessary vote of confidence in the Senate is scheduled for Wednesday.

Meloni had already presented her cabinet at the weekend.

Some observers interpreted the ministerial selection as a sign of more moderate politics.

Many offices are occupied by more experienced and less radical politicians - at least in those areas that attract more attention abroad.

Meloni's selection of ministers already gave a foretaste: the cabinet between moderation and hardliners

Former EU Commissioner Antonio Tajani (Forza Italia) has taken over the Foreign Ministry.

The Ministry of Finance and Economy went to Giancarlo Giorgetti, a Lega politician who was considered liberal.

Forza Italia boss Silvio Berlusconi, who was plagued by ongoing proceedings, was unable to win over the Ministry of Justice for his party.

The Minister for Regions is Carlo Calderoli, who advocates federalism, which brought relief in South Tyrol.

Nevertheless, some personal details in the Melonis cabinet also caused criticism.

For example, anti-abortion activist Eugenia Roccella acts as family minister.

The defense department is headed by Guido Crosetto, a former head of the Italian defense industry association.

And Calderoli is also known for racist statements and is therefore controversial.

In 2008, for example, the politician explained that some "ethnicities" are more likely to work than others to crime.

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