The Valdostan Union,also Valdostian Union or Valdotanian Union is a regionalist and centrist political party in Aosta Valley,Italy. It represents mainly the Arpitan-speaking minority in the region. One of its leading members,Renzo Testolin,has been the President of Aosta Valley since March 2023,replacing Erik Lavévaz,also of the UV.
The People of Freedom was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL launched by Silvio Berlusconi as an electoral list,including Forza Italia and National Alliance,on 27 February for the 2008 Italian general election. The list was later transformed into a party during a party congress on 27–29 March 2009. The party's leading members included Angelino Alfano,Renato Schifani,Renato Brunetta,Roberto Formigoni,Maurizio Sacconi,Maurizio Gasparri,Mariastella Gelmini,Antonio Martino,Giancarlo Galan,Maurizio Lupi,Gaetano Quagliariello,Daniela Santanchè,Sandro Bondi,and Raffaele Fitto.
Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa is an Italian politician who is serving as President of the Senate of the Republic since 13 October 2022. He is the first politician with a neo-fascist background to hold the position of President of the Senate,the second highest-ranking office of the Italian Republic.
Cantiere Popolare is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy,based in Sicily.
Forza Italia is a centre-right political party in Italy,whose ideology includes elements of liberal conservatism,Christian democracy,liberalism and populism. FI is a member of the European People's Party. Silvio Berlusconi was the party's leader and president until his death in 2023. After that,the party has been led by Antonio Tajani,who had been vice president and coordinatior and now functions as secretary. Other leading members include Elisabetta Casellati.
Guido Crosetto is an Italian businessman and politician,who has been serving as Minister of Defence since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni.
Direction Italy was a liberal-conservative political party in Italy.
Popular Alternative is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy that was founded on 18 March 2017 after the dissolution of New Centre-Right (NCD),one of the two parties that emerged at the break-up of The People of Freedom.
The 2022 Italian general election was a snap election held in Italy on 25 September 2022. After the fall of the Draghi government,which led to a parliamentary impasse,President Sergio Mattarella dissolved the parliament on 21 July,and called for new elections. Regional elections in Sicily were held on the same day. The results of the general election showed the centre-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy. In a record-low voter turnout,Meloni's party became the largest in Parliament with 26% of the vote;as per the pre-election agreement among the centre-right coalition parties,she became the prime ministerial candidate supported by the winning coalition. The League and Forza Italia suffered losses,polling 8% each,and Us Moderates polled below 1%. The centre-left coalition slightly improved its 2018 results in terms of vote share and seats in percentage with the Democratic Party polling 19% and the Greens and Left Alliance passing the 3% threshold;More Europe and Civic Commitment failed to reach the election threshold. The Five Star Movement defied single-digit polls before the campaign and reached 15%. The Action –Italia Viva alliance polled 7%. Among the others to be represented in Parliament were two regionalist parties:South calls North and the South Tyrolean People's Party. Due to the Rosatellum and its mixed electoral system using parallel voting,the centre-right coalition was able to win an absolute majority of seats,despite receiving 44% of the votes,by winning 83% of the single-member districts under the first-past-the-post of the system.
Us with Italy is a liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Italy. NcI started as a federation of minor centre-right parties and,as such,was part of the centre-right coalition in the 2018 general election. Along with Forza Italia,NcI represented the coalition's "centrist" wing and supported Silvio Berlusconi or another "centrist" candidate as Prime Minister. Originally,the federation's full name was Us with Italy –UDC for its alliance with the Union of the Centre.
The Minister of Public Administration in Italy is one of the positions in the Italian government.
Cambiamo! is a centre-right political party in Italy,led by Giovanni Toti.
Giuseppe Mangialavori is an Italian politician. He is a senator of the Republic of Italy and a member of the Legislature XVIII of Italy. He has been Regional Coordinator of Forza Italia in Calabria since March 2021.
Francesco Paolo Figliuolo is an Italian army corps general.
Coraggio Italia is a liberal-conservative political party in Italy,led by Luigi Brugnaro.
Italy in the Centre is a liberal-conservative political party in Italy led by Giovanni Toti.
The 2022 Italian general election was held on 25 September,resulting in a majority of seats of both houses of the Italian Parliament for the centre-right coalition. The Meloni Cabinet was announced on 21 October and was officially sworn in on the next day. The first Cabinet headed by a female Prime Minister of Italy,it was variously described as a shift to the political right,as well as the first far-right-led Italian government since World War II. The Meloni Cabinet successufully won the confidence votes on 25–26 October with a comfortable majority in both houses of Parliament.
In the 2022 Italian general election,the centre-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) won an absolute majority of seats in the Italian Parliament. On 20 October,a few days following the elections of the presidents of the two houses of Parliament,Ignazio La Russa of FdI on 13 October for the Senate of the Republic,and Lorenzo Fontana of the League on 14 October for the Chamber of Deputies,consultations on the formation of a new cabinet officially began.
The Meloni government is the 68th government of the Italian Republic,the first headed by Giorgia Meloni,leader of Brothers of Italy,who is also the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister of Italy. The government was announced on 21 October 2022 and was officially sworn in on the next day. It was one of the fastest government formations in the history of the Italian Republic. It was variously described as a shift to the political right,as well as the first far-right-led coalition in Italy since World War II.
Gilberto Pichetto Fratin is an Italian politician who is the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security of the Meloni government since 22 October 2022.
