Overview
- Meloni's government reached 1,413 consecutive days in office on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, surpassing the previous longevity record held by Silvio Berlusconi and marking the longest single run in the Italian Republic.
- The party staged a large event in Bari to mark the milestone and to formally kick off a re-election campaign that Fratelli d'Italia plans to run as proof of stability and governance.
- Critics say the four-year record rests on steady coalitions and fiscal discipline rather than major structural reforms, leaving Italy with modest growth, stagnant real wages, strained public health services, high public debt and unmet promises on justice and institutional reform.
- A new right-wing force led by ex-general Roberto Vannacci and his Futuro Nacional has surged in polls, prompting internal talks inside Meloni's camp about changing the electoral law or absorbing the movement to avoid splitting the conservative vote.
- Meloni's foreign posture mixes firm support for Ukraine and security measures such as an EU-backed migrant repatriation centre in Albania with a cooled relationship with President Donald Trump, a dynamic that complicates her international standing and tactical choices at home.