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Giorgia Meloni, Italy's first female leader, is celebrating her government becoming the longest-lasting in post-war history. The far-right government has stayed in power for 1,413 days, despite crises within other coalition parties. A rally in Bari is expected to draw thousands of supporters, while protesters demonstrate nearby. The government claims credit for reducing personal income taxes by €21 billion and increasing employment by over a million people.
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Giorgia Meloni, Italy's first female leader, has become the country's longest-serving postwar prime minister. She reached 1,413 days in office on September 4, surpassing the record set by Silvio Berlusconi's second administration. The milestone was marked with a rally in Bari, where thousands of supporters gathered to celebrate Meloni's government, which has been praised for its stability and cohesion despite being a right-wing coalition. This stability is seen as a departure from Italy's 68 governments in 80 years since World War II, where administrations often fell before the end of their mandates. Critics argue that Italy's longstanding problems, including weak productivity growth and inefficiencies in public services, remain largely unresolved under Meloni's leadership. With elections due in 2027, Meloni is expected to lead her coalition into the campaign, seeking to build on her government's record longevity.

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Such a climate has favoured the rise of a challenger not invited to the celebrations — a former general with a party even further to the far right than Ms. Meloni, which on its stellar rise has overtaken both the League and Forza Italia in the polls.
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🔮 Giorgia Meloni on Friday (September 4, 2026) celebrates her hard-right government becoming the longest-lasting in Italy's postwar history, with a rally in Bari expected to draw thousands of supporters, while protesters demonstrate nearby.
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Giorgia Meloni on Friday (September 4, 2026) celebrates her hard-right government becoming the longest-lasting in Italy's postwar history, with a rally in Bari expected to draw thousands of supporters, while protesters demonstrate nearby. asserted
protesters → celebrate → supporters
Italy's first leader will have been in charge of the same administration for 1,413 days — one more than billionaire media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi managed — despite crises within the other parties in her governing coalition. asserted
Berlusconi → manage → coalition
Italy has had 68 governments in 80 years. asserted
Italy → have → years
Past governments were toppled by crises and defections which Ms. Meloni has so far managed to avoid. asserted
Meloni → topple → which
Some 80 coaches will transport supporters to the capital of the southern Puglia region for a shindig thrown by Ms. Meloni's far-right Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, in an area of the port that can host up to 10,000 people, organisers say. asserted
organisers → transport → people
Ms. Meloni will address the crowds in the early evening, with her deputy Prime Ministers Matteo Salvini and Antonio Tajani expected to appear via video link for an event that effectively doubles as an election rally ahead of the 2027 vote. asserted
that → address → vote
Under the official slogan "Il Governo piu stabile, l'Italia piu forte" ("The Most Stable Government, the Strongest Italy"), festivities will kick off with traditional Puglian light shows and DJ sets. asserted
festivities → kick → shows
Speeches will focus on the government's achievements in just under four years in power, from over one million extra people in employment to a 21-billion-euro ($24-billion) reduction in personal income taxes. asserted
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Debt-laden Italy's fiscal stability has greatly improved — although critics say the stability has failed to translate into growth. asserted
stability → lade → growth
"Have wages increased? asserted
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Petrol costs more, job insecurity has increased, people are retiring less and the healthcare system is functioning less effectively," Maurizio Landini, head of the CGIL trade union, said ahead of the party. asserted
Landini → cost → party
Security, migration Ms. Meloni says Rome's influence on the world stage has grown, despite an early friendship with U.S. President Donald Trump falling spectacularly apart after she chastised him for attacking the pope. asserted
she → say → pope
All together her coalition — which includes the far-right, anti-immigrant League and right-wing Forza Italia — has passed some 300 laws and decrees, the majority tackling "security" threats, from petty criminals to ravers and climate protesters. asserted
majority → include → ravers
The Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-Fascist roots, won the 2022 election on a pledge to tackle illegal migration and boasts that its policies have cut migrant arrivals by 80 percent. But listing accomplishments will not be enough. asserted
listing → have → accomplishments
Ms. Meloni "will also have to say how she intends to use these last months ahead of the vote -- a very interesting question", Flavia Perina, an editorialist with La Stampa daily, told a press conference in Rome on Thursday. asserted
Perina → have → Thursday
As food trucks serve Bari's traditional "Assassin Spaghetti" — pasta with a spicy, smoky sauce — to the party goers, Meloni's critics will be gathering across the city's historic centre for an anti-government demonstration. asserted
critics → serve → demonstration
Its organizers accuse the government of creating a "war and weapons economy" and a "police state" and of fuelling a climate of hate against migrants. asserted
organizers → accuse → migrants
Such a climate has favoured the rise of a challenger not invited to the celebrations — a former general with a party even further to the far right than Ms. Meloni, which on its stellar rise has overtaken both the League and Forza Italia in the polls. asserted
which → favour → polls
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