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The appointee is usually the leader of the majority coalition that won the election (e.g. Berlusconi IV Cabinet), but they can also be a new leader emerging from a post-election leadership challenge within the majority coalition (e.g. Renzi Cabinet), or a person instructed by the President to form a national unity government in times of ...
The Draghi Government was formed with both politicians and independent technocrats, and was supported by a large majority of the Italian Parliament, including the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S), the right-wing League (Lega), the centre-right Forza Italia (FI), the centre-left Democratic Party (PD), the centrist Italia Viva (IV ...
The Council of Ministers within a Parliamentary form of Government (e.g., Italy) is the principal holder of executive power – that is, the power to put a decision of the Italian political process into effect (i.e., execute it). In relation to the Parliament, the "relationship of trust" (rapporto di fiducia) is crucial. For the Council of ...
Forza Italia: Berlusconi I: PdL–PBG FI • LN • AN • CCD • UdC: XII [131] Lamberto Dini (born 1931) 17 January 1995 18 May 1996 1 year, 122 days Independent: Dini: Independents [132] Romano Prodi (born 1939) 18 May 1996 21 October 1998 2 years, 156 days Independent [e] Prodi I: The Olive Tree PDS • PPI • RI • FdV • UD: XIII [133 ...
On 13 October, Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI) refused to support La Russa's candidacy for President of the Senate of the Republic. [17] La Russa nonetheless succeeded in being elected by obtaining 116 votes out of 206 in the first round, [18] thanks to support from opposition parties. [19] [20] [21]
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), [19] [20] 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 ...
At its birth, the government was also supported by the Associative Movement Italians Abroad (MAIE), five deputies and two senators previously expelled from the M5S, one dissident senator from the South American Union Italian Emigrants (USEI) [12] who later joined the MAIE and one deputy of Forza Italia (FI) who sarcastically voted in favour of it. [13]
On 17 September 2019 the centrist party Italia Viva (IV), which splintered from the PD on that day, announced its support for the coalition, as well. The government has been referred to as the "yellow-red government" (governo giallorosso), based on the customary colours of the main supporting parties. [5] [6] [7]