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The 2022 Italian government crisis was a political event in Italy that began on 14 July. [1] [2] [3] It includes the events that followed the announcement of Giuseppe Conte, leader of the Five Star Movement (M5S) and former Prime Minister of Italy, that the M5S would withdraw its support to the national unity government of Mario Draghi over a bill regarding an economic stimulus to combat the ...
[1] [2] [3] The government was sworn in on 22 October 2022. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was one of the fastest government formations in the history of the Italian Republic . [ 6 ] It was variously described as a shift to the political right , [ 7 ] as well as the first far-right -led coalition in Italy since World War II .
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]
With article 48 of the constitution, which guarantees the right to vote, the people exercise their power through their elected representatives in the parliament. [2] The Italian Parliament has a bicameral system, and consists of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic, elected every five years.
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 ...
10–14 May: Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is held in Turin, and won by Ukrainian folk rap group Kalush Orchestra with the song "Stefania". 10 May: A drug dealer from Rome escapes on a scooter after being chased by the police, and is subsequently arrested inside a McDonald's. [105] 11 May: 2021–22 Coppa Italia final Inter-Juventus. Inter win 2 ...
The Council of Ministers' origins date to the production of the Albertine Statute by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1848. The Statute, which subsequently became the Constitution of the Kingdom of Italy, did not envision collegial meetings of individual ministers, but simply the existence of ministers as heads of their ministries, responsible for their operations.
The Minister of Economy and Finance (Italian: Ministro dell'Economia e delle Finanze) is a senior member of the Italian Cabinet who leads the Ministry of Economy and Finance since its creation in 2001 by the fusion of three former ministries, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Treasury and the Ministry of Budget.