Meeting with the president and ministers of 24 ministries
It is expected to pass parliamentary approval next week.
Giorza Meloni, head of the Italian Brothers (FdI) (centre), was officially inaugurated as Prime Minister of Italy on the 22nd (local time). Italian President Sergio Mattarella (second from left) welcomes new Prime Minister Meloni as he arrives for the inauguration ceremony at the Quirinal Palace in Rome on the same day. AFP Yonhap News ” />
Giorza Meloni, head of the Italian Brothers (FdI), has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Italy. She is the first female Prime Minister of Italy.
On the 22nd (local time) at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, the residence of the Italian president, Prime Minister Meloni and the ministers who will lead the 24 ministries took the oath of office in front of the Italian President Sergio Mattarella and announced start the meeting. state affairs.
The new cabinet, led by Prime Minister Meloni, will officially take office next week after a vote of confidence in the House and the Senate. As the right-wing coalition has taken control of the House and the Senate, it is very likely that a vote of confidence will pass unless there is a vote of rebellion. When the parliamentary approval process for the new cabinet is complete, the 68th cabinet since the establishment of the republic will be inaugurated.
Prime Minister Meloni was nicknamed ‘Female Mussolini’. This is because the FdI he founded was the successor to the National Fascist Party (PNF) founded by Benito Mussolini. He founded FdI in 2012 and served as its CEO in 2014. In the early general election held on the 25th of last month, FdI won 26% of the votes and became the leading party in parliament. It is analyzed that he led the victory of the general election by digging into the dissatisfaction and anxiety of the Italian people in collaboration with the representative of the League of Nations Matteo Salvini (Lega) and the former Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, the representative of Forward Italy (FI).
With the inauguration of Prime Minister Meloni, Italy’s far right government was born for the first time in the hundred years since Mussolini’s first year in power. Mussolini ruled between 1922 and 1943. Prime Minister Meloni still uses the tricolor flame logo that symbolizes fascism as the party logo, even though “fascism is a thing of the past”.
All countries expressed concerns along with the celebration. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said: “We look forward to constructive cooperation with the new Italian government.” US President Joe Biden said, “As a member of the G7, I look forward to continuing to support Ukraine and respect human rights and democratic values.” The French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Born, said, “We will see if human rights values such as the right to abortion are respected.”
By Park Joo-yeon, grumpy_cat@hankyung.com staff reporter
