Overview
- The Sept. 4, 2026 milestone will make Giorgia Meloni's current administration the longest continuous single‑term government in postwar Italy and she plans a rally to mark the achievement.
- Her coalition credits steady budget management and labor gains for sustaining four years in office, saying the government added about 1.2 million workers and pushed unemployment below 6%.
- Tougher migration measures have sharply cut irregular arrivals to roughly 66,000 last year from about 158,000 in 2023, a signature policy that helped shore up public support.
- Recent setbacks include voters rejecting her judicial reform in a referendum and a public rupture with U.S. President Donald Trump in April, and the government is now pushing an electoral‑law change to award a majority bonus to blocs over about 42%.
- Polling shows the conservative bloc slipping below key thresholds while ex‑general Roberto Vannacci's new far‑right party has risen to roughly 8% support, raising the risk of a more fragmented parliament after the 2027 election and complicating Meloni's path to another stable majority.