Meloni government

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Immediately after the first meeting of the Italian Parliament's new legislature, tensions began to grow within the centre-right coalition. On 13 October, Silvio Berlusconi refused to support Ignazio La Russa,{{cite news|date=13 October 2022|title=Governo, la Lega indica Fontana per la Camera. La Russa eletto in Senato senza l'appoggio di FI|url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2022/10/13/video/camera-e-senato-eleggono-i-nuovi-presidenti-segui-la-diretta-4541260/|access-date=20 October 2022|work=Il Foglio|language=it}} a politician with a neo-fascist background who was the Brothers of Italy (FdI) candidate to be President of the Senate of the Republic.{{cite news|date=13 October 2022|title=Far-right veteran elected Italian Senate speaker|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221013-far-right-veteran-elected-italian-senate-speaker|access-date=20 October 2022|work=France 24|publisher=Agence France-Press}}{{cite news|date=13 October 2022|title=Who is the far-right veteran elected Italian Senate speaker?|url=https://www.thelocal.it/20221013/who-is-the-far-right-veteran-elected-italian-senate-speaker/|access-date=20 October 2022|newspaper=The Local Italy}}{{cite news|last=Giuffrida|first=Angela|date=13 October 2022|title=Brothers of Italy politician who collects fascist relics elected senate speaker|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/13/ignazio-la-russa-brothers-of-italy-politician-fascist-relics-elected-senate-speaker|access-date=20 October 2022|work=The Guardian}} He succeeded in being elected by obtaining 116 votes out of 206 in the first round,{{cite web|title=Senato, Ignazio La Russa eletto presidente|url=https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/politica/senato-ignazio-la-russa-eletto-presidente_55993026-202202k.shtml|access-date=20 October 2022|website=Sky TG24|date=13 October 2022 |language=it}} thanks to the support from opposition parties to the centre-right coalition.{{cite news|date=13 October 2022|title=Chi ha votato La Russa dall'opposizione?|url=https://www.ilpost.it/2022/10/13/elezione-la-russa-senato-cosa-e-successo/|access-date=20 October 2022|work=Il Post|language=it}}{{cite news|last=Buconi|first=Asia|date=13 October 2022|title=Quei 17 franchi tiratori che hanno votato La Russa dall'opposizione|url=https://www.nextquotidiano.it/chi-sono-i-franchi-tiratori-che-hanno-votato-la-russa-al-senato/|access-date=20 October 2022|work=nextQuotidiano|language=it}} Tensions further grew, in particular between Berlusconi and Giorgia Meloni, whom Berlusconi described as "patronising, overbearing, arrogant" and "offensive" in a series of written notes in the Senate.{{cite news|date=14 October 2022|title=Berlusconi calls Meloni arrogant in written notes in Senate|url=https://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2022/10/14/berlusconi-calls-meloni-arrogant-in-written-notes-in-senate_fb3b2130-2950-4123-8d75-cfae53aac569.html|access-date=20 October 2022|publisher=ANSA}}{{cite news|last=Kington|first=Tom|date=17 October 2022|title=Silvio Berlusconi undercuts Italian coalition by labelling Meloni arrogant|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/silvio-berlusconi-undercuts-italian-coalition-by-labelling-meloni-arrogant-njj23lzsl|work=The Times|access-date=20 October 2022|issn=0140-0460}} In the following days, after meetings between parties' leader, tensions loosened and the centre-right coalition parties reached an agreement on the formation of the new cabinet.

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On 20 October, consultations between President Sergio Mattarella and parties officially began. On the following day, delegates from FdI, the League (Lega), whose member Lorenzo Fontana had been elected President of the Chamber of Deputies on 14 October),{{cite news|date=14 October 2022|title=Outrage as Italy's lower house of parliament elects anti-LGBTQ speaker|url=https://www.thelocal.it/20221014/outrage-as-italys-lower-house-of-parliament-elects-anti-lgbtq-speaker/ |access-date=20 October 2022|newspaper=The Local Italy}}{{cite web|date=14 October 2022|title=Italy parliament elects right-wing Fontana as new speaker|url=https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italy-parliament-elects-lorenzo-fontana-speaker.html|access-date=20 October 2022|website=Wanted in Rome}} Forza Italia (FI), and the group of Civics of Italy–Us Moderates–MAIE told Mattarella they had reached an agreement to form a coalition government with Meloni as Prime Minister.{{cite web|url=https://www.quirinale.it/page/20221020|title=Consultazioni per la formazione del nuovo governo|date=20 October 2022|website=Quirinale|language=it|access-date=21 October 2022}} In the afternoon, Mattarella summoned Meloni to the Quirinal Palace, asking her to form a new government. Meloni accepted the task, and on the same day assembled a cabinet, which was officially sworn in on 22 October,{{cite news |last1=Harlan|first1=Chico|last2=Pitrelli|first2=Stefano|date=21 October 2022|title=Meloni sworn in as Italy's first female prime minister |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/21/giorgia-meloni-silvio-berlusconi-italy/ |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021231732/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/21/giorgia-meloni-silvio-berlusconi-italy/|archive-date=21 October 2022|access-date=22 October 2022 |issn=0190-8286}} becoming the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister of Italy. The government successfully won the confidence vote, held in late October,{{cite news |date=21 October 2022 |title=Governo Meloni, ecco il timing: l'incarico, il giuramento, la fiducia e la Legge di Bilancio|trans-title=Meloni government, here is the timeline: the assignment, the oath, the trust, and the Budget Law|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/politica/giorgia_meloni_timing_governo_giuramento_fiducia_legge_bilancio-7003713.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021100829/https://www.ilmessaggero.it/politica/giorgia_meloni_timing_governo_giuramento_fiducia_legge_bilancio-7003713.html|archive-date=21 October 2022|access-date=22 October 2022 |work=Il Messaggero |language=it}}{{cite news |last=Bongarrà |first=Francesco |date=21 October 2022 |title=Dall'incarico alla manovra, il timing|trans-title=From the task to govern to the budget law, the timeline |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2022/10/21/dallincarico-alla-manovra-il-timing_36546866-6932-4b2c-950b-4f110bf0dd5a.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021170609/https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2022/10/21/dallincarico-alla-manovra-il-timing_36546866-6932-4b2c-950b-4f110bf0dd5a.html|archive-date=21 October 2022|access-date=22 October 2022 |publisher=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata |language=it}} with a comfortable majority in both houses.{{cite web|last1=Cipolla|first1=Alessandro|last2=Imparato|first2=Rosaria|date=25 October 2022|url=https://www.money.it/meloni-camera-diretta-video-voto-fiducia-governo|title=Meloni alla Camera, diretta video voto di fiducia al governo: cosa ha detto nella replica la presidente del Consiglio|trans-title=Meloni in the Chamber, live video vote of confidence in the government: what the prime minister said in response|website=Money|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026003822/https://www.money.it/meloni-camera-diretta-video-voto-fiducia-governo|archive-date=26 October 2022|access-date=26 October 2022}}{{cite news|date=26 October 2022|title=Il Senato vota la fiducia al governo Meloni: 115 sì, 79 no e 5 astenuti|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2022/10/26/il-senato-vota-la-fiducia-al-governo-meloni-115-si-79-no-e-5-astenuti_1f316e11-70d5-491d-801f-7e5cea2d1b71.html|url-status=live|trans-title=The Senate votes for confidence in the Meloni government: 115 yes, 79 no, and 5 abstentions|access-date=26 October 2022|publisher=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026200317/https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2022/10/26/il-senato-vota-la-fiducia-al-governo-meloni-115-si-79-no-e-5-astenuti_1f316e11-70d5-491d-801f-7e5cea2d1b71.html|archive-date=26 October 2022}}{{cite web|title=Governo Meloni, le ultime notizie. Fiducia in Senato per l'esecutivo: 115 sì e 79 no|trans-title=Meloni government, the latest news. Confidence in the Senate for the executive: 115 yes and 79 no|url=https://tg24.sky.it/politica/2022/10/26/governo-meloni-fiducia-ultime-notizie|url-status=live|access-date=26 October 2022|website=Sky TG24|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026200523/https://tg24.sky.it/politica/2022/10/26/governo-meloni-fiducia-ultime-notizie|archive-date=26 October 2022}}

On 25 October, Meloni gave her first official speech as Prime Minister in front of the Chamber of Deputies, before the confidence vote on her government. During her speech, she stressed the weight of being the first woman to serve as head of the Italian government.{{cite news|last=Jakhnagiev|first=Alexander|date=25 October 2022|title=Meloni alla Camera, l'applauso al suo arrivo e l'abbraccio di Salvini |trans-title=Melons in the Chamber, the applause on her arrival and Salvini's hug|url=https://video.corriere.it/politica/meloni-camera-l-applauso-suo-arrivo-abbraccio-salvini/9a225d66-5446-11ed-a58a-ad027d5a5146 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025140212/https://video.corriere.it/politica/meloni-camera-l-applauso-suo-arrivo-abbraccio-salvini/9a225d66-5446-11ed-a58a-ad027d5a5146|archive-date=25 October 2022|access-date=25 October 2022 |work=Corriere della Sera |language=it}} Meloni thanked several Italian women, notably including Tina Anselmi, Samantha Cristoforetti, Grazia Deledda, Oriana Fallaci, Nilde Iotti, Rita Levi-Montalcini, and Maria Montessori, who she said, "with the boards of their own examples, built the ladder that today allows me to climb and break the heavy glass ceiling placed over our heads."{{cite news |date=25 October 2022 |title=Governo, da Iotti a Cristoforetti: le donne che 'hanno osato' citate da Meloni |trans-title=Government, from Iotti to Cristoforetti: the women who 'dared' cited by Meloni|url=https://www.adnkronos.com/governo-da-iotti-a-cristoforetti-tutte-le-donne-citate-da-meloni_6ZOisvoA3tG76Z0mDAp9T8 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025140411/https://www.adnkronos.com/governo-da-iotti-a-cristoforetti-tutte-le-donne-citate-da-meloni_6ZOisvoA3tG76Z0mDAp9T8|archive-date=25 October 2022|access-date=25 October 2022 |work=Adnkronos}}{{cite news|last=De Rosa|first=Gianluca|title=Meloni citazionista: da Steve Jobs a Giovanni Paolo II, tutti i riferimenti del suo discorso |trans-title=Meloni quotationist: from Steve Jobs to John Paul II, all the references of her speech|url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2022/10/25/news/meloni-citazionista-da-steve-jobs-a-giovanni-paolo-ii-tutti-i-riferimenti-del-suo-discorso-4593956/|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025140520/https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2022/10/25/news/meloni-citazionista-da-steve-jobs-a-giovanni-paolo-ii-tutti-i-riferimenti-del-suo-discorso-4593956/|archive-date=25 October 2022 |access-date=25 October 2022 |work=Il Foglio |language=it}} On 31 October, the government nominated its deputy ministers and undersecretaries.{{cite news|last=Piccolillo |first=Virginia |date=31 October 2022 |title=I sottosegretari: Sgarbi alla Cultura, alla Difesa Rauti. Ci sono Fazzolari e Borgonzoni I nomi|trans-title=Undersecretaries: Sgarbi for Culture, Rauti to the Defense. There are Fazzolari and Borgonzoni The names|url=https://www.corriere.it/politica/22_ottobre_31/governo-meloni-viceministri-sottosegretari-sgarbi-sottosegretario-cultura-2da62ea6-5928-11ed-a5c7-8813766af362.shtml|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2022|work=Corriere della Sera|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102125541/https://www.corriere.it/politica/22_ottobre_31/governo-meloni-viceministri-sottosegretari-sgarbi-sottosegretario-cultura-2da62ea6-5928-11ed-a5c7-8813766af362.shtml|archive-date=2 November 2022}} Galeazzo Bignami, one of the chosen deputy ministers,{{cite news|last=Buj|first=Anna|date=1 November 2022|title=Galeazzo Bignami: Un político que se disfrazó de nazi entra como viceministro en el Gobierno italiano|trans-title=Galeazzo Bignami: A politician who dressed himself as a Nazi enters the Italian Government as deputy minister|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20221101/8589756/politico-disfrazo-nazi-entra-viceministro-gobierno-italiano.html|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2022|work=La Vanguardia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102011056/https://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20221101/8589756/politico-disfrazo-nazi-entra-viceministro-gobierno-italiano.html|archive-date=2 November 2022}}{{cite news|date=1 November 2022|title=Giorgia Meloni appoints minister once pictured wearing Nazi armband|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/01/giorgia-meloni-galeazzo-bignami-nazi-swastika-armband|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2022|work=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102010533/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/01/giorgia-meloni-galeazzo-bignami-nazi-swastika-armband|archive-date=2 November 2022}} caused controversy and garnered international attention as a 2005 photo of him with a Nazi armband became public.{{cite news|date=31 October 2022|title=Italy's Meloni picks Nazi-armband lawmaker as junior minister|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italys-meloni-picks-nazi-armband-lawmaker-junior-minister-2022-10-31/|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101003515/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italys-meloni-picks-nazi-armband-lawmaker-junior-minister-2022-10-31/|archive-date=1 November 2022}}{{cite web|last=Brezar|first=Aleksandar|date=1 November 2022|title=Italy: Meloni's deputy minister blasted over 2005 Nazi uniform photo|url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/11/01/italy-melonis-deputy-minister-slammed-over-2005-nazi-uniform-photo|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2022|publisher=Euronews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101124205/http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/11/01/italy-melonis-deputy-minister-slammed-over-2005-nazi-uniform-photo|archive-date=1 November 2022}}

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Meloni's government first decree law was related to the {{Lang|it|ergastolo ostativo}},{{cite news|date=3 November 2022|title=Qual è la nuova questione sull'ergastolo ostativo|url=https://www.ilpost.it/2022/11/03/ergastolo-ostativo-meloni/|access-date=4 November 2022|work=Il Post|language=it}} the prison regime that excludes the perpetrators of violent crimes, in particular those related to the mafia and terrorism, from receiving benefits in prison unless they collaborate with the justice system, which are known as {{Lang|it|collaboratori di giustizia}}. In 2021, the Constitutional Court of Italy held that this was unconstitutional, and this decree law was previously approved in the Chamber on 31 March 2022 but did not make it to the Senate due to the snap elections.{{cite web|date=2 November 2022|title=Sull'ergastolo ostativo il governo ripropone un testo che Fratelli d'Italia non votò|url=https://www.pagellapolitica.it/articoli/ergastolo-ostativo-astensione-fratelli-italia|access-date=4 November 2022|website=Pagella Politica|language=it}} One of the first measures implemented by the government regarded COVID-19 and concerned in the complete removal of the COVID-19 vaccination certificate, known in Italy as the Green Pass; moreover, the non-vaccinated doctors were re-integrated into service.{{cite news|date=31 October 2022|title=Governo Meloni, le news. Cdm dà ok a dl unico su Covid, carcere ostativo e Rave party|url=https://tg24.sky.it/politica/2022/10/31/governo-meloni-ultime-news-31-ottobre|access-date=3 November 2022|work=Sky TG24|language=it}}{{cite web | url=https://www.ilpost.it/2022/10/31/governo-meloni-primo-consiglio-dei-ministri/ | title=I primi provvedimenti del governo Meloni | date=31 October 2022 }} Another policy deemed of priority by the new right-wing government is raising the cash ceiling, which critics argue it favours tax evasion and unreported employment, while its proponents including Meloni reject this;{{cite news|date=26 October 2022|title=Meloni: 'Metteremo mano al tetto al contante, nessuna correlazione con l'evasione'|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2022/10/26/meloni-metteremo-mano-al-tetto-al-contante-nessuna-correlazione-con-levasione/6852399/|access-date=3 November 2022|work=Il Fatto Quotidiano|language=it}} a poll by Izi showed that 6 out of 10 right-wing voters agreed that such a law would favour unreported employment.{{cite news|last=Salvini|first=Giacomo|date=2 November 2022|title=Per 6 elettori di destra su 10 il tetto al contante farà aumentare il nero|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2022/11/02/per-6-elettori-di-destra-su-10-il-tetto-al-contante-fara-aumentare-il-nero/6858956/|access-date=3 November 2022|work=Il Fatto Quotidiano|language=it}}

On 31 October 2022, the government approved a decree providing for a penalty of up to six years of imprisonment for illegal parties and rallies.{{cite news|date=1 November 2022|title=The party's over for illegal raves, Italy's new government says|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/partys-over-illegal-raves-italys-new-government-says-2022-10-31/|access-date=3 November 2022}} This came amid anti-fascist protests at La Sapienza University,{{cite news|date=28 September 2022|title=Sapienza, termina l'occupazione ma non la protesta|url=https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2022/10/occupazione-sapienza-31420868-fb20-4306-b398-49148bb76e18.html|access-date=4 November 2022|publisher=RAI|language=it}} which were subject of criticism due to the police's response,{{cite web|last=Polver|first=Mattia|date=25 October 2022|title=Sapienza Roma, scontri e violenze all'esterno dell'ateneo|url=https://www.tag24.it/392003-universita-sapienza-roma-scontri-convegno-capitalismo/|access-date=4 November 2022|website=TAG24|language=it}}{{cite news|date=25 October 2022|title=Cariche alla Sapienza, Conte: 'Vedere manganelli contro studenti indifesi fa venire i brividi. Preoccupato da cittadino e professore'|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2022/10/25/cariche-alla-sapienza-conte-vedere-manganelli-contro-studenti-indifesi-fa-venire-i-brividi-preoccupato-da-cittadino-e-professore/6851145/|access-date=4 November 2022|work=Il Fatto Quotidiano|language=it}}{{cite news|last=Marceca|first=Romina|date=27 October 2022|title=Manganellate alla Sapienza, la rettrice prende le distanze dalla polizia: 'Hanno agito di loro iniziativa'|url=https://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2022/10/27/news/scontri_e_proteste_la_piazza_fa_paura_troppa_tensione_necessario_mediare-371891291/|access-date=4 November 2022|work=La Repubblica|language=it}} and a rally in Predappio, where Benito Mussolini is buried, to commemorate the centenary of the March on Rome that led to the takeover of Mussolini and Italian fascism of the government.{{cite news|date=30 October 2022|title=Predappio, in migliaia al raduno per centenario della Marcia su Roma|url=https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2022/10/30/predappio-oggi-mussolini-marcia-su-roma|access-date=4 November 2022|website=Sky TG24|language=it}}{{cite web|last=Cangemi|first=Annalisa|date=2 November 2022|title=Al raduno dei nostalgici del Ventennio a Predappio 8 persone indagate|url=https://www.fanpage.it/politica/al-raduno-dei-nostalgici-del-ventennio-a-predappio-8-persone-indagate/|access-date=4 November 2022|website=Fanpage.it|language=it}} Despite being officially presented as a decree against illegal rave parties,{{cite news|last=Vizio|first=Stefano|date=3 November 2022|title=Cosa sono davvero i rave|url=https://www.ilpost.it/2022/11/03/rave-cosa-sono/|access-date=4 November 2022|website=Il Post|language=it}} the law was applicable to any gathering over 50 people that the public authority deemed dangerous,{{cite news|date=2 November 2022|title=Dalla soglia delle 50 persone alla confisca degli impianti, ecco la stretta sui rave party e le possibili modifiche|url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/dalla-soglia-50-persone-confisca-impianti-ecco-stretta-rave-party-AE1ULLDC|access-date=4 November 2022|website=Il Sole 24 Ore|language=it}}{{cite news|date=3 November 2022|title=Il testo del decreto legge anti rave|url=https://www.corriere.it/politica/22_novembre_03/testo-decreto-legge-rave-de82f468-5b47-11ed-b41d-b4fe67e450b9.shtml|access-date=4 November 2022|work=Corriere della Sera|language=it}}{{cite news|last=Cruccu|first=Matteo|date=3 November 2022|title='I rave? Germania e Inghilterra li hanno 'istituzionalizzati' e sono diventati risorsa economica'|url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/22_novembre_03/i-rave-germania-inghilterra-li-hanno-istituzionalizzati-sono-diventati-risorsa-economica-9b15fef8-5b67-11ed-b41d-b4fe67e450b9.shtml|access-date=4 November 2022|work=Corriere della Sera|language=it}} which garnered criticism,{{cite web|last=Boffa|first=Nadia|date=1 November 2022|title=Meloni party. Primo colpo di democrazia illiberale|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.it/politica/2022/11/01/news/rave_party_centrodestra_meloni-10542023/|access-date=3 November 2022|website=HuffPost|language=it}}{{cite news|date=3 November 2022|title=Decreto anti-rave, Bianca Balti: 'A quest'ora io sarei dentro con l'ergastolo'|url=https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2022/11/03/news/decreto_anti-rave_bianca_balti_a_questora_iosarei_dentro_con_lergastolo-12216481/|access-date=4 November 2022|work=La Stampa|language=it}}{{cite web|date=3 November 2022|url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/2022/11/03/bianca-balti-decreto-rave-party-fiorello|title=Decreto anti rave party, da Bianca Balti a Fiorello: reazioni del mondo dello spettacolo|access-date=3 November 2022|website=Sky TG24|language=it}} including from jurist Vitalba Azzolini.{{cite tweet|author=Vitalba Azzolini|user=vitalbaa|number=1587218043511398401|title=Gazzetta Ufficiale. Confermo quanto avevo scritto. Norma insidiosa, scritta male, in teoria applicabile a qualunque raduno che l'autorità pubblica reputi pericoloso a suo giudizio. Giudizio del tutto discrezionale, perché la norma non fornisce criteri per definire la pericolosità|date=1 November 2022|access-date=3 November 2022|via=Twitter}} The decree also caused protests from opposition parties and civil rights associations; according to Amnesty International, the decree "risked undermining the right to peaceful protest",{{cite news|last=Caccia|first=Fabrizio|date=1 November 2022|title=Scontro sul decreto anti rave. Il Pd e i 5 Stelle: ritiratelo. Salvini: 'Indietro non si torna'|url=https://www.corriere.it/politica/22_novembre_01/scontro-decreto-anti-rave-pd-5-stelle-ritiratelo-1c5a31c6-5a25-11ed-b1b9-61dd73ac3c0d.shtml|access-date=3 November 2022|work=Corriere della Sera|language=it}} while Giuseppe Conte of the Five Star Movement compared it to a police state.{{cite web|date=1 November 2022|title=Decreto rave party, Conte: 'Norma da stato di polizia'|url=https://www.adnkronos.com/decreto-rave-party-conte-norma-da-stato-di-polizia_458T17TpDoqIunEpnNKczU|access-date=4 November 2022|website=Adnkronos|language=it}} The law was also contested by FI,{{cite news|last=Olivo|first=Francesco|date=2 November 2022|title=Governo, è lite sui rave party. Forza Italia vuole stoppare Meloni: 'Servono modifiche in Parlamento'|url=https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2022/11/02/news/governo_e_lite_sui_rave_party_forza_italia_vuole_stoppare_meloni_servono_modifiche_in_parlamento-12213086/|access-date=3 November 2022|work=La Stampa|language=it}}{{cite web|last=Cangemi|first=Annalisa|date=2 November 2022|title=Decreto anti rave party approda in Senato: prime crepe nel governo, Forza Italia vuole cambiarlo|url=https://www.fanpage.it/politica/decreto-anti-rave-party-approda-in-senato-prime-crepe-nel-governo-forza-italia-vuole-cambiarlo/|access-date=3 November 2022|website=Fanpage.it|language=it}} which asked for changes,{{Cite web |last=TG24 |first=Sky |title=Decreto anti-rave, governo e Parlamento verso modifiche |url=https://tg24.sky.it/politica/2022/11/03/decreto-rave-party-testo-modifica |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=tg24.sky.it |date=3 November 2022 |language=it}} including the reduction of sentences to four years,{{cite news|date=2 November 2022|title=Rave party, la mediazione di Forza Italia: 'Abbassare le pene a quattro anni'|url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2022/11/02/news/rave_party_decreto_modifiche_forza_italia-372606340/|access-date=3 November 2022|work=La Repubblica|language=it}} while it was mainly supported by FdI and Lega,{{cite news|last=Montenegro|first=Ruggiero|date=3 November 2022|title=Forza Italia: 'Correggere la norma anti-rave'. Ma FdI e Lega potrebbero opporsi|url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2022/11/03/news/forza-italia-correggere-la-norma-anti-rave-ma-fdi-e-lega-potrebbero-opporsi-4621323/|access-date=3 November 2022|work=Il Foglio|language=it}} and FdI's justice minister Carlo Nordio was reportedly upset by the law.{{cite news|last=Valentini|first=Valerio|date=3 November 2022|title=Dopo la norma sui rave Nordio è in trincea: 'Faccio il ministro per realizzare le mie idee'|url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2022/11/03/news/-faccio-il-ministro-per-realizzare-le-mie-idee-cosi-nordio-e-gia-in-trincea-4619537/|access-date=3 November 2022|work=Il Foglio|language=it}}

In March 2023, Italy's Meloni government approved a draft bill banning the production and commercialization of Cultured meat for human and animal consumption;{{cite web |last=Dell'Anna |first=Alessio |date=2023-04-04 |title=Italy's waging a crusade against lab-grown meat. Does it have a point? |url=https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/04/frankenstein-food-why-italys-crusade-against-cultured-meat-probably-wont-work |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Euronews}}{{cite journal |last=Sabelli |first=Chiara |date=2023-04-05 |title=Scientists protest Italy's ban on cultivated meat |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d43978-023-00050-7 |journal=Nature|doi=10.1038/d43978-023-00050-7 |s2cid=257991805 |access-date=2023-10-25}}{{cite news |last=Evans-Pritchard |first=Ambrose |date=2023-08-10 |title=Giorgia Meloni risks going the way of Liz Truss if she keeps defying the market |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/08/10/italy-giorgia-meloni-liz-truss-defying-market/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919223221/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/08/10/italy-giorgia-meloni-liz-truss-defying-market/ |archive-date=2023-09-19 |issn=0307-1235}} this move, which the government said was intended to protect food heritage.{{Cite news |date=2023-03-29 |title=Italy moves to ban lab-grown meat to protect food heritage |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65110744 |access-date=2023-11-16}}

Italy became the first country to ban cultured meat in November 2023, when the government approved the bill.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-16 |title=Carne coltivata: il divieto è legge. Rissa sfiorata tra i deputati di +Europa e il presidente di Coldiretti |url=https://www.milanofinanza.it/news/il-ddl-sulla-carne-coltivata-e-legge-in-italia-sara-vietata-la-produzione-e-l-immissione-sul-mercato-202311161557461807 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=MF Milano Finanza |language=it}}{{Cite news |date=2023-11-17 |title=Italy bans lab-grown meat in nod to farmers |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67448116 |access-date=2023-11-18}}

On 16 October 2024, The Senate voted 84-58 in favor of extending a ban on surrogacy to couples who go abroad to avail of the procedure.{{Cite news |date=17 October 2024 |title=Italy expands its ban on surrogacy to overseas as critics say it targets same-sex couples |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/italy-surrogacy-pregnancy-overseas-ban-lgbtq-3f1181480a71a01166b38540e7c25103 |access-date=17 October 2024}}

On 23 January 2024, the bill about "differentiated autonomy" (which aims to give much more autonomy to Italian regions, for a maximum of 23 specific subjects) was approved in the Senate,{{Cite web |date=2024-01-23 |title=Il Senato ha approvato il disegno di legge sull'autonomia differenziata, che ora passerà alla Camera |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2024/01/23/senato-approvazione-disegno-di-legge-autonomia-differenziata/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Il Post |language=it}} and it was then approved by the Chamber on June 19.{{Cite web |last=Rainews |first=Redazione di |date=2024-06-19 |title=Autonomia differenziata, che cosa cambia con il ddl Calderoli |url=https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2024/06/autonomia-differenziata-via-libera-definitivo-opposizioni-contrarie-calderoli-le-gambe-tremano-b315a246-4722-46d5-bf57-dedf4725935f.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=RaiNews |language=it}} The law was criticized by the opposition and by various deputies and presidents of southern Italy (both from the majority and the opposition, such as Roberto Occhiuto of Forza Italia, president of Calabria, and Vincenzo De Luca of the PD, president of Campania),{{Cite web |date=2024-07-27 |title=Da cacicco a icona pop del Pd: la tournée al Nord di De Luca, testimonial contro l’Autonomia nelle Feste dell’Unità |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2024/07/27/news/vincenzo_de_luca_pd_autonomia_feste_unita-423416776/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}} accusing the government of wanting to abandon the southern regions, favoring those of the north, and on 20 July a collection of signatures began to call an abrogative referendum.{{Cite web |last=TG24 |first=Sky |date=2024-06-19 |title=Ddl Autonomia è legge, Lega esulta. Schlein: 'Meloni spacca il Paese' |url=https://tg24.sky.it/politica/2024/06/19/autonomia-legge-reazioni |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=tg24.sky.it |language=it}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-31 |title=Il referendum sull’Autonomia differenziata parte col botto: oltre 300mila firme raccolte. Come si vota |url=https://www.fanpage.it/politica/il-referendum-sullautonomia-differenziata-parte-col-botto-oltre-300mila-firme-raccolte-come-si-vota/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Fanpage |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Rtv |first=San Marino |date=2024-07-05 |title=Autonomia differenziata, opposizioni unite depositano referendum abrogativo |url=https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/news/italia-c7/autonomia-differenziata-opposizioni-unite-depositano-referendum-abrogativo-a261548 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=San Marino Rtv |language=it}}

On 24 January 2024, the Chamber of Deputies approves the ratification of the protocol of understanding with Albania, already approved by the Council of Ministers on 5 December and, even earlier, signed on 6 November, on the management of migration flows.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-24 |title=Ok Camera al ddl di ratifica dell'accordo Italia-Albania - Notizie - Ansa.it |url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2024/01/24/ok-camera-al-ddl-di-ratifica-dellaccordo-italia-albania_4ed04ef3-8944-430b-b275-bed3d9d1b513.html |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Agenzia ANSA |language=it}} The ratification will then be approved by the Senate on February 15. {{Cite web |date=2024-02-15 |title=L'accordo tra Italia e Albania per la gestione dei migranti soccorsi dalle autorità italiane è stato approvato in via definitiva dal Senato |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2024/02/15/accordo-italia-albania-migranti-legge/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Il Post |language=it}}

On 22 May 2024, the Government, through Minister Matteo Piantedosi and in agreement with the Slovenian and Croatian authorities, implements a further six-month extension to the suspension of the Schengen Convention on the border with Slovenia, until 19 December;{{Cite web |title=Proseguiranno per sei mesi i controlli lungo il confine italo-sloveno {{!}} Ministero dell‘Interno |url=https://www.interno.gov.it/it/notizie/proseguiranno-sei-mesi-i-controlli-lungo-confine-italo-sloveno |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=www.interno.gov.it |language=it}} The previous five-month extension had been approved on 18 January (and would have lasted until 19 June).{{Cite web |title=Stop Schengen: controlli al confine prorogati fino a giugno |url=https://www.triesteprima.it/cronaca/stop-schengen-giugno-2024.html |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=TriestePrima |language=it}}

On 15 June 2023, the Council of Ministers approves, on the proposal of Minister Nordio, a bill on justice (also known informally at first as the "Berlusconi reform" and then the "Nordio Bill"),{{Cite web |date=2023-06-15 |title=Giustizia, il governo approva la riforma e la dedica a Berlusconi |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2023/06/15/giustizia-il-governo-approva-la-riforma-e-la-dedica-a-berlusconi-meloni-di-nuovo-assente/7196025/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Il Fatto Quotidiano |language=it-IT}} which abolishes the crime of abuse of office and redesigns the appeal procedures in the first instance initiated by prosecutors against acquittals,  as well as the use and dissemination of wiretapping.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-15 |title=Comunicato stampa del Consiglio dei Ministri n. 39 |url=https://www.governo.it/it/articolo/comunicato-stampa-del-consiglio-dei-ministri-n-39/22911 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=www.governo.it |language=it}} The bill will then be approved by the Senate on 13 February 2024,{{Cite web |date=2024-02-13 |title=Il Senato ha approvato in prima lettura il “ddl Nordio”, che cancella il reato di abuso d'ufficio |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2024/02/13/senato-approvato-ddl-nordio-abuso-d-ufficio/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Il Post |language=it}} and then by the Chamber of Deputies on 10 July.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-10 |title=La Camera ha approvato in via definitiva il “ddl Nordio”, che cancella il reato di abuso d'ufficio |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2024/07/10/ddl-nordio-abuso-ufficio-approvato/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Il Post |language=it}}

On 7 August, a change was also made to the crime of Undue Allocation of Money or Movable Property, implemented io replace the abolished abuse of office, together with some minor corrections, in order to allow the promulgation of the previous "Nordio Bill", which had remained suspended until then due to some perplexities of the Presidency of the Republic.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-08 |title=Cosa c'entrano il Quirinale, il “decreto carceri” e l'abolizione dell'abuso d'ufficio |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2024/08/08/abuso-dufficio-decreto-carceri-nordio-mattarella/?homepagePosition=11 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=Il Post |language=it}}

On 18 September 2024, the Chamber of Deputies approves the "Safety Bill" (a modified version of the "safety package" previously approved by the Council of Ministers on 16 November 2023),{{Cite web |date=2023-11-16 |title=Il severo “pacchetto sicurezza” approvato dal governo |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2023/11/16/governo-disegno-di-legge-pacchetto-sicurezza/?homepagePosition=2 |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Il Post |language=it}} which regards many subjects: terrorism; scams; protection of law enforcement; banning cannabis (in any form, as well as hemp-containing products); imprisonment (2-7 years) for those who illegally occupy a property; increase in penalties in case of protest (including passive resistance to orders) in prison; the need for a residence permit (for non-EU immigrants) to buy a SIM card; possible imprisonment (1 month if alone, 6 months-2 years if with more people) for those who implement road or railway blockades (even as a protest).{{Cite web |last=Ronda |first=Serenella |date=2024-09-18 |title=Il Ddl sicurezza ottiene il via libera alla Camera. Ecco tutte le novità |url=https://www.agi.it/politica/news/2024-09-18/ddl-sicurezza-approvato-camera-principali-misure-27900099/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=www.agi.it |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Perrone |first=Manuela |date=2024-09-18 |title=Sì della Camera al Ddl Sicurezza: dall’alt alla cannabis light alle armi libere per gli agenti |url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/verso-si-ddl-sicurezza-dall-alt-cannabis-light-armi-libere-gli-agenti-AFzowCzD |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Il Sole 24 ORE |language=it}}

Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi confirmed that the rule about blockades can be applied in some strike cases.{{Cite web |title=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/it-it/money/other/ministro-piantedosi-dice-che-il-ddl-sicurezza-colpir%C3%A0-anche-scioperi-e-picchetti-davanti-alle-aziende/ar-AA1rbVCt |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=www.msn.com}} The bill was heavily criticized by the oppositions, which labelled it as "liberticidal": in particular, the "anti-Salis rule" (named after Ilaria Salis, an AVS MEP accused of illegal occupation in 2008; however, there was only one identification while she was in the plant at that moment, as the ALER has never initiated investigations, nor criminal or civil cases, in 16 years){{Cite web |date=2024-06-21 |title=Ilaria Salis, “Sì, lo confesso: sono stata una militante del movimento di lotta per la casa”. E risponde alle accuse di aver occupato un appartamento a Milano |url=https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/06/21/news/ilaria_salis_movimento_di_lotta_per_la_casa-423267964/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}} and the "anti-Gandhi rule" were criticized, the first one because it aggravates the situation of people who have no home to stay, the second one because it could also prevent peaceful protests (as Gandhi did).{{Cite web |date=2024-09-11 |title=Passa alla Camera la norma anti-dissenso: carcere fino a due anni per chi blocca le strade |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2024/09/11/passa-alla-camera-la-norma-anti-dissenso-carcere-fino-a-due-anni-per-chi-blocca-le-strade-colpiti-studenti-eco-attivisti-e-lavoratori/7689926/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Il Fatto Quotidiano |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=2024-09-12 |title=Cosa prevedono le norme anti-Gandhi e anti-Salis approvate dalla maggioranza |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2024/09/12/news/nuovo_reato_occupazione_abusiva_anti_salis_gandhi-423493020/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}}{{Cite web |title=Dalla norma "anti-Salis" a quella contro le borseggiatrici in metro: cosa c'è nel Ddl Sicurezza |url=https://www.today.it/politica/ddl-sicurezza-cosa-contiene.html |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Today |language=it}}

The Lega's request to evaluate the possibility of using chemical castration on those convicted of sexual violence was also accepted (this proposal was also highly criticized).{{Cite web |date=2024-09-18 |title=Ddl sicurezza, la Lega torna alla carica: “Castrazione chimica per le violenze sessuali” |url=https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/09/18/news/castrazione_chimica_proposta_lega_si_parlamento_governo_dl_sicurezza-423507750/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}}

The government has also proposed, within the security bill, the expansion of the powers of the secret services (which could participate in and/or direct terrorist or subversive groups), and the obligation for universities and public research bodies ([https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Enti_pubblici_di_ricerca Enti Pubblici di Ricerca]) to collaborate with the secret services (DIS, AISE, AISI), including communicating private information; both of these proposals have been harshly criticized: the first because in Italy the secret services, during the Years of Lead between 1960s and 1980s, were involved in illicit activities and massacres during the Strategy of Tension,{{Cite web |date=2024-11-26 |title=Nuovo Ddl Sicurezza: i servizi potranno guidare gruppi terroristici "per il bene dello Stato" |url=https://www.lindipendente.online/2024/11/26/nuovo-ddl-sicurezza-i-servizi-potranno-guidare-gruppi-terroristici-per-il-bene-dello-stato/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=L'INDIPENDENTE |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=2025-02-03 |title=Il governo crea i Servizi sovversivi |url=https://lespresso.it/c/-/2025/2/3/il-governo-crea-i-servizi-sovversivi/52665 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=lespresso.it |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Grossi |first=Luca |date=2024-11-21 |title=Con il Ddl sicurezza gli 007 potranno 'guidare' gruppi terroristici e mafie. Per eseguire stragi? |url=https://www.antimafiaduemila.com/home/mafie-news/254-focus/102842-con-il-ddl-sicurezza-gli-007-potranno-guidare-gruppi-terroristici-e-mafie-per-eseguire-stragi.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Antimafia Duemila {{!}} Fondatore Giorgio Bongiovanni |language=it-IT}} and the second because it would represent an authoritarian turn on universities, with the risk of violating the privacy and communicating the political opinions of students, professors and researchers.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-05 |title=Studenti Uds a ministero contro riforma Statuto diritti e doveri - Notizie - Ansa.it |url=https://www.ansa.it/canale_legalita_scuola/notizie/2025/02/05/studenti-uds-a-ministero-contro-riforma-statuto-diritti-e-doveri_79392c9a-fce1-4781-b7f7-2b7e87157197.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Agenzia ANSA |language=it}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-29 |title=Servizi segreti nelle università: i rischi del ddl sicurezza |url=https://www.agendadigitale.eu/sicurezza/privacy/ddl-sicurezza-e-intelligence-nelle-universita-i-nuovi-poteri-dei-servizi-segreti/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Agenda Digitale}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-07 |title=I servizi segreti «infiltrano» le università |url=https://ilmanifesto.it/i-servizi-segreti-infiltrano-le-universita |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=il manifesto |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Cicalò |first=Martina |date=2025-01-18 |title='Legge bavaglio': uno schiaffo alla libertà di informazione? |url=https://politicamag.it/legge-bavaglio-uno-schiaffo-alla-liberta-di-informazione/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=POLITICA |language=it-IT}}

On 4 April 2025, the government approved a decree-law ([https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Decreto-legge Decreto-legge]) that almost entirely follows the previous security bill (apart from some changes), which had been sent back to the Chamber due to the lack of financial coverage and doubts raised by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, in order to speed up the approval process.{{Cite web |last=Camilli |first=Annalisa |date=2025-04-08 |title=Cosa prevede il decreto sicurezza |url=https://www.internazionale.it/notizie/annalisa-camilli/2025/04/08/cosa-prevede-il-decreto-sicurezza |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Internazionale |language=it}}{{Cite web |title=Che cos’è rimasto del ddl “Sicurezza”, diventato un decreto |url=https://pagellapolitica.it/articoli/che-cose-rimasto-del-ddl-sicurezza-diventato-un-decreto |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Pagella Politica |language=it}}

• Brothers of Italy (FdI): prime minister, 9 ministers, 4 deputy ministers, 14 undersecretaries
• League (Lega): 5 ministers, 2 deputy ministers, 9 undersecretaries
• Forza Italia (FI): 5 ministers, 2 deputy ministers, 6 undersecretaries
• Independents: 5 ministers, 1 undersecretary
• Us Moderates (NM): 1 undersecretary
• Renaissance (Rin): 1 undersecretary

• Brothers of Italy (FdI): prime minister, 9 ministers, 4 deputy ministers, 13 undersecretaries
• League (Lega): 5 ministers, 2 deputy ministers, 9 undersecretaries
• Forza Italia (FI): 5 ministers, 2 deputy ministers, 6 undersecretaries
• Independents: 5 ministers, 1 undersecretary
• Us Moderates (NM): 1 undersecretary

File:Regional Composition of the Italian Council of Ministers (Meloni Cabinet 2022).svg showing the number of ministers from each region of Italy]]

• Northern Italy: 15 ministers
• Lombardy: 5 ministers
• Piedmont: 3 ministers
• Veneto: 3 ministers
• Emilia-Romagna: 2 ministers
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 minister
• Liguria: 1 minister
• Central Italy: 5 ministers (including PM)
• Lazio: 5 ministers (including PM)
• Southern and Insular Italy: 5 ministers
• Campania: 2 ministers
• Apulia: 1 minister
• Sardinia: 1 minister
• Sicily: 1 minister

• Northern Italy: 16 ministers
• Lombardy: 5 ministers
• Piedmont: 3 ministers
• Veneto: 3 ministers
• Emilia-Romagna: 3 ministers
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 1 minister
• Liguria: 1 minister
• Central Italy: 6 ministers (including PM)
• Lazio: 6 ministers (including PM)
• Southern and Insular Italy: 3 ministers
• Campania: 1 minister
• Sardinia: 1 minister
• Sicily: 1 minister

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