Overview
- Addressing Parliament this week, Giorgia Meloni said she will not resign or reshuffle and intends to govern through the end of the term in 2027.
- Meloni outlined a domestic package that includes a plan for about 100,000 affordable homes for young people and new security hires, and she asked EU partners to consider suspending budget rules to give Italy more fiscal room.
- Forza Italia faces fresh changes after Maurizio Gasparri was replaced in the Senate, with Antonio Tajani meeting Marina and Pier Silvio Berlusconi in Milan to discuss replacing Chamber whip Paolo Barelli and whether to delay party congresses.
- A nationalist “Remigration Summit” remains set for April 18 in Milan’s Piazza Duomo as the Milan city council president from the PD urged the Prefect and police chief to deny city spaces, while League leaders Matteo Salvini and Silvia Sardone vowed to attend.
- Football governance is in flux as Inter CEO Giuseppe Marotta met Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, with Serie A figures coalescing around Giovanni Malagò for FIGC president and some ministers favoring a government commissioner if June’s vote ends in stalemate.