Overview
- - The former tourism minister posted a short video on X thanking ministry staff after Thursday's resignation.
- - Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni now oversees the Tourism Ministry on an interim basis under a decree signed by President Sergio Mattarella.
- - It is not yet clear if Meloni will keep the portfolio to the end of the term or appoint a new minister.
- - The resignation followed a government reset after voters rejected changes in a justice referendum, which also led to exits by Giusi Bartolozzi and Undersecretary Andrea Delmastro Delle Vedove.
- - In her resignation letter, Santanchè said her criminal record is clean and that the “cassa integrazione” furlough-pay case has not led to an indictment.