Overview
- Alessandro Basso of Fratelli d'Italia, mayor of Pordenone, and Loris Bazzo of the Lega, mayor of Carlino, plan to formalize their five‑year relationship in a civil union.
- The ceremony is scheduled at the Chiostro di San Francesco in Pordenone and will be officiated by former mayor Alvaro Cardin.
- Multiple outlets report this as the first civil union between two sitting Italian mayors.
- The couple describe themselves as practicing Catholics who oppose same‑sex adoption and surrogacy, presenting the union as a personal step permitted by law.
- Political reactions are mixed: regional Democrats offered congratulations while crediting the 2016 law; center‑right figures including Alessandro Ciriani and Mauro Bordin expressed support; Popolo della Famiglia urged right‑wing parties to state their positions.