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Meloni and Fedriga Finalize Healthcare Deal as Coalition Divisions Persist Over Term Limits

The agreement on a national waiting-list decree marks progress in healthcare reform, but disputes over regional governor term extensions remain unresolved within Italy's center-right coalition.

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Overview

  • Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Friuli Venezia Giulia President Massimiliano Fedriga reached an agreement on a healthcare waiting-list decree with clear rules for substitute powers and their termination.
  • The technical details of the healthcare reform will be finalized next week in a meeting with Health Minister Orazio Schillaci.
  • The broader dispute over extending term limits for regional governors, championed by the Lega party, remains unresolved as the Constitutional Court's ruling is awaited.
  • Tensions within the center-right coalition persist, with Forza Italia opposing the term extensions, Fratelli d’Italia awaiting legal clarity, and Lega advocating strongly for the reform.
  • The regional government crisis in Friuli Venezia Giulia, triggered by resignations over delays in a hospital project, has led to efforts to repair the coalition and refocus on governance.