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The Meloni government is the 68th and current government of the
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, the first headed by
Giorgia Meloni Giorgia Meloni (; born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Italy since 2022. She is the first woman to hold the office. A member of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies since 2006, s ...
, leader of
Brothers of Italy Brothers of Italy (, FdI) is a National conservatism, national-conservative and Right-wing populism, right-wing populist political party in Italy, that is currently the country's ruling party. After becoming the largest party in the 2022 Ita ...
, who is also the first woman to hold the office of
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. The government was sworn in on 22 October 2022. It was one of the fastest government formations in the
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. It was variously described as a shift to the
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, as well as the first
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-led coalition in Italy since
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.


Supporting parties


History


Government formation

Immediately after the first meeting of the
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's new legislature, tensions began to grow within the
centre-right coalition The centre-right coalition () is a political alliance of political parties in Italy active under several forms and names since 1994, when Silvio Berlusconi entered politics and formed the party. It has mostly competed with the centre-left c ...
. On 13 October,
Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; 29 September 193612 June 2023) was an Italian Media proprietor, media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in three governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a mem ...
refused to support
Ignazio La Russa Ignazio Benito Maria La Russa (born 18 July 1947) is an Italian politician who is serving as President of the Senate of the Republic (Italy), president of the Senate of the Republic since 2022 President of the Italian Senate election, 13 Octob ...
, a politician with a
neo-fascist Neo-fascism is a post-World War II far-right ideology which includes significant elements of fascism. Neo-fascism usually includes ultranationalism, ultraconservatism, racial supremacy, right-wing populism, authoritarianism, nativism, xe ...
background who was the
Brothers of Italy Brothers of Italy (, FdI) is a National conservatism, national-conservative and Right-wing populism, right-wing populist political party in Italy, that is currently the country's ruling party. After becoming the largest party in the 2022 Ita ...
(FdI) candidate to be President of the Senate of the Republic. He succeeded in being elected by obtaining 116 votes out of 206 in the first round, thanks to the support from opposition parties to the centre-right coalition. Tensions further grew, in particular between Berlusconi and
Giorgia Meloni Giorgia Meloni (; born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Italy since 2022. She is the first woman to hold the office. A member of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies since 2006, s ...
, whom Berlusconi described as "patronising, overbearing, arrogant" and "offensive" in a series of written notes in the Senate. In the following days, after meetings between parties' leader, tensions loosened and the centre-right coalition parties reached an agreement on the formation of the new cabinet. On 20 October, consultations between President
Sergio Mattarella Sergio Mattarella (; born 23 July 1941) is an Italian politician and jurist who has served as the president of Italy since 2015. He is the longest-serving president in the history of the Italian Republic. Since Giorgio Napolitano's death in 20 ...
and parties officially began. On the following day, delegates from FdI, the
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(Lega), whose member
Lorenzo Fontana Lorenzo Fontana (born 10 April 1980) is an Italian politician and member of the Lega (political party), League (Lega), who is serving as President of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), President of the Chamber of Deputies since 2022 President of t ...
had been elected
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on 14 October),
Forza Italia (FI; ) was a centre-right liberal-conservative political party in Italy, with Christian democratic,Chiara Moroni, , Carocci, Rome 2008 liberalOreste Massari, ''I partiti politici nelle democrazie contempoiranee'', Laterza, Rome-Bari 2004 (esp ...
(FI), and the group of
Civics of Italy Civics of Italy (, Cd'I), officially Civics of Italy – UDC – Us Moderates ( Us with Italy, Coraggio Italia, Italy in the Centre) – MAIE – Popular Centre (), is a centre-right parliamentary group in the Senate of the Republic, establ ...
Us Moderates Us Moderates (, NM) is a centrist political party in Italy, led by Maurizio Lupi. The party has had several associated members and regional partners. At the European level, it is a member of the European People's Party. Most of NM's members and e ...
MAIE told Mattarella they had reached an agreement to form a
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with Meloni as Prime Minister. In the afternoon, Mattarella summoned Meloni to the
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, asking her to form a new government. Meloni accepted the task, and on the same day assembled a cabinet, which was officially sworn in on 22 October, becoming the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister of Italy. The government successfully won the
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, held in late October, with a comfortable majority in both houses. On 25 October, Meloni gave her first official speech as Prime Minister in front of the
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, before the
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on her government. During her speech, she stressed the weight of being the first woman to serve as head of the Italian government. Meloni thanked several Italian women, notably including
Tina Anselmi Tina Anselmi (25 March 1927 – 1 November 2016) was an Italian politician. A member of the Italian resistance movement during World War II, she went on to become the first woman to hold a ministerial position in an Italian government. Early li ...
,
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,
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,
Oriana Fallaci Oriana Fallaci (; 29 June 1929 – 15 September 2006) was an Italian journalist and author. A member of the Italian resistance movement during World War II, she had a long and successful journalistic career. Fallaci became famous worldwide for h ...
,
Nilde Iotti Leonilde "Nilde" Iotti (; 10 April 1920 – 4 December 1999) was an Italian politician, member of the Italian Communist Party (PCI). Towards the end of World War Two, she fought as a partisan for the Italian resistance. She was the first and o ...
,
Rita Levi-Montalcini Rita Levi-Montalcini ( , ; 22 April 1909 – 30 December 2012) was an Italian neurobiologist. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor ( ...
, and
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, who she said, "with the boards of their own examples, built the ladder that today allows me to climb and break the heavy
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placed over our heads." On 31 October, the government nominated its deputy ministers and undersecretaries.
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, one of the chosen deputy ministers, caused controversy and garnered international attention as a 2005 photo of him with a Nazi armband became public.


Investiture vote


Domestic policies

Meloni's government first decree law was related to the , the prison regime that excludes the perpetrators of violent crimes, in particular those related to the
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and
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, from receiving benefits in prison unless they collaborate with the justice system, which are known as . In 2021, the
Constitutional Court of Italy The Constitutional Court of the Italian Republic () is the highest court of Italy in matters of constitutional law. Sometimes, the name ''Consulta'' is used as a metonym for it, because its sessions are held in Palazzo della Consulta in Rome. ...
held that this was unconstitutional, and this decree law was previously approved in the Chamber on 31 March 2022 but did not make it to the Senate due to the
snap election A snap election is an election that is called earlier than the one that has been scheduled. Snap elections in parliamentary systems are often called to resolve a political impasse such as a hung parliament where no single political party has a ma ...
s. One of the first measures implemented by the government regarded
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and concerned in the complete removal of the
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, known in Italy as the Green Pass; moreover, the non-vaccinated doctors were re-integrated into service. Another policy deemed of priority by the new right-wing government is raising the cash ceiling, which critics argue it favours
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and
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, while its proponents including Meloni reject this; a poll by Izi showed that 6 out of 10 right-wing voters agreed that such a law would favour unreported employment.


Decree on protests and rallies

On 31 October 2022, the government approved a decree providing for a penalty of up to six years of imprisonment for illegal parties and rallies. This came amid anti-fascist protests at
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, which were subject of criticism due to the police's response, and a rally in
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, where
Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 un ...
is buried, to commemorate the centenary of the
March on Rome The March on Rome () was an organized mass demonstration in October 1922 which resulted in Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party (, PNF) ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy. In late October 1922, Fascist Party leaders planned a march ...
that led to the takeover of Mussolini and
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of the government. Despite being officially presented as a decree against illegal
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, the law was applicable to any gathering over 50 people that the public authority deemed dangerous, which garnered criticism, including from jurist Vitalba Azzolini. The decree also caused protests from opposition parties and civil rights associations; according to
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, the decree "risked undermining the right to peaceful protest", while
Giuseppe Conte Giuseppe Conte (; born 8 August 1964) is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy, prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021. He has been the president of the Five Star Movement (M5S) sin ...
of the
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compared it to a
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. The law was also contested by FI, which asked for changes, including the reduction of sentences to four years, while it was mainly supported by FdI and Lega, and FdI's justice minister
Carlo Nordio Carlo Nordio (born 6 February 1947) is an Italian politician, former magistrate and prosecutor, who is serving as Italian Minister of Justice since 22 October 2022, in Giorgia Meloni's government. In the 2022 Italian presidential election he was ...
was reportedly upset by the law.


Cultured meat ban

In March 2023, Italy's Meloni government approved a draft bill banning the production and commercialization of
Cultured meat Cultured meat, also known as cultivated meat among other names, is a form of cellular agriculture wherein meat is produced by culturing animal cells ''in vitro''; thus growing animal flesh, molecularly identical to that of conventional meat, ou ...
for human and animal consumption; this move, which the government said was intended to protect food heritage. Italy became the first country to ban cultured meat in November 2023, when the government approved the bill.


Foreign ban on surrogacys

On 16 October 2024, The
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voted 84-58 in favor of extending a ban on surrogacy to couples who go abroad to avail of the procedure.


Autonomy

On 23 January 2024, the bill about "differentiated autonomy" (which aims to give much more autonomy to
Italian regions The regions of Italy () are the first-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, constituting its second NUTS administrative level. There are twenty regions, five of which are autonomous regions with special status. Under the Con ...
, for a maximum of 23 specific subjects) was approved in the Senate, and it was then approved by the Chamber on June 19. The law was criticized by the opposition and by various deputies and presidents of
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(both from the majority and the opposition, such as
Roberto Occhiuto Roberto Occhiuto (born 13 May 1969), is an Italian politician. He has been the president of Calabria since 29 October 2021. Biography Comunal and regional councilor Brother of Mario Occhiuto, mayor of Cosenza from 2011 to 2021, Occhiuto was el ...
of Forza Italia, president of Calabria, and
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of the PD, president of Campania), accusing the government of wanting to abandon the southern regions, favoring those of the
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, and on 20 July a collection of signatures began to call an abrogative referendum.


Immigration

On 24 January 2024, the Chamber of Deputies approves the ratification of the protocol of understanding with Albania, already approved by the Council of Ministers on 5 December and, even earlier, signed on 6 November, on the management of migration flows. The ratification will then be approved by the Senate on February 15. On 22 May 2024, the Government, through Minister Matteo Piantedosi and in agreement with the Slovenian and Croatian authorities, implements a further six-month extension to the suspension of the Schengen Convention on the border with Slovenia, until 19 December; The previous five-month extension had been approved on 18 January (and would have lasted until 19 June).


Law and Order

On 15 June 2023, the Council of Ministers approves, on the proposal of Minister Nordio, a bill on justice (also known informally at first as the "Berlusconi reform" and then the "Nordio Bill"), which abolishes the crime of abuse of office and redesigns the appeal procedures in the first instance initiated by prosecutors against acquittals,  as well as the use and dissemination of wiretapping. The bill will then be approved by the Senate on 13 February 2024, and then by the Chamber of Deputies on 10 July. On 7 August, a change was also made to the crime of Undue Allocation of Money or Movable Property, implemented io replace the abolished abuse of office, together with some minor corrections, in order to allow the promulgation of the previous "Nordio Bill", which had remained suspended until then due to some perplexities of the Presidency of the Republic. On 18 September 2024, the Chamber of Deputies approves the "Safety Bill" (a modified version of the "safety package" previously approved by the Council of Ministers on 16 November 2023), which regards many subjects: terrorism; scams; protection of law enforcement; banning cannabis (in any form, as well as hemp-containing products); imprisonment (2-7 years) for those who illegally occupy a property; increase in penalties in case of protest (including passive resistance to orders) in prison; the need for a residence permit (for non-EU immigrants) to buy a SIM card; possible imprisonment (1 month if alone, 6 months-2 years if with more people) for those who implement road or railway blockades (even as a protest). Minister of the Interior
Matteo Piantedosi Matteo Piantedosi (born 20 April 1963) is an Italian prefect and civil servant serving as the Minister of the Interior in the Meloni Cabinet since 22 October 2022. An independent politician, he is close to Lega leader Matteo Salvini. He had pre ...
confirmed that the rule about blockades can be applied in some
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cases. The bill was heavily criticized by the oppositions, which labelled it as "liberticidal": in particular, the "anti-Salis rule" (named after Ilaria Salis, an AVS MEP accused of illegal occupation in 2008; however, there was only one identification while she was in the plant at that moment, as the ALER has never initiated investigations, nor criminal or civil cases, in 16 years) and the "anti-Gandhi rule" were criticized, the first one because it aggravates the situation of people who have no home to stay, the second one because it could also prevent peaceful protests (as Gandhi did). The Lega's request to evaluate the possibility of using
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on those convicted of sexual violence was also accepted (this proposal was also highly criticized). The government has also proposed, within the security bill, the expansion of the powers of the secret services (which could participate in and/or direct terrorist or subversive groups), and the obligation for universities and public research bodies (
Enti Pubblici di Ricerca
') to collaborate with the secret services (
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, AISE, AISI), including communicating private information; both of these proposals have been harshly criticized: the first because in Italy the secret services, during the
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between 1960s and 1980s, were involved in illicit activities and massacres during the
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, and the second because it would represent an authoritarian turn on universities, with the risk of violating the privacy and communicating the political opinions of students, professors and researchers. On 4 April 2025, the government approved a decree-law (
Decreto-legge
') that almost entirely follows the previous security bill (apart from some changes), which had been sent back to the Chamber due to the lack of financial coverage and doubts raised by the President of the Republic
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, in order to speed up the approval process.


Party breakdown


Beginning of term


Ministers


Ministers and other members

*
Brothers of Italy Brothers of Italy (, FdI) is a National conservatism, national-conservative and Right-wing populism, right-wing populist political party in Italy, that is currently the country's ruling party. After becoming the largest party in the 2022 Ita ...
(FdI): prime minister, 9 ministers, 4 deputy ministers, 14 undersecretaries *
League League or The League may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band * ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football * ''League of Legends'', a 2009 multiplayer online battle a ...
(Lega): 5 ministers, 2 deputy ministers, 9 undersecretaries *
Forza Italia (FI; ) was a centre-right liberal-conservative political party in Italy, with Christian democratic,Chiara Moroni, , Carocci, Rome 2008 liberalOreste Massari, ''I partiti politici nelle democrazie contempoiranee'', Laterza, Rome-Bari 2004 (esp ...
(FI): 5 ministers, 2 deputy ministers, 6 undersecretaries * Independents: 5 ministers, 1 undersecretary *
Us Moderates Us Moderates (, NM) is a centrist political party in Italy, led by Maurizio Lupi. The party has had several associated members and regional partners. At the European level, it is a member of the European People's Party. Most of NM's members and e ...
(NM): 1 undersecretary *
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(Rin): 1 undersecretary


Current


Ministers


Ministers and other members

*
Brothers of Italy Brothers of Italy (, FdI) is a National conservatism, national-conservative and Right-wing populism, right-wing populist political party in Italy, that is currently the country's ruling party. After becoming the largest party in the 2022 Ita ...
(FdI): prime minister, 9 ministers, 4 deputy ministers, 13 undersecretaries *
League League or The League may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band * ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football * ''League of Legends'', a 2009 multiplayer online battle a ...
(Lega): 5 ministers, 2 deputy ministers, 9 undersecretaries *
Forza Italia (FI; ) was a centre-right liberal-conservative political party in Italy, with Christian democratic,Chiara Moroni, , Carocci, Rome 2008 liberalOreste Massari, ''I partiti politici nelle democrazie contempoiranee'', Laterza, Rome-Bari 2004 (esp ...
(FI): 5 ministers, 2 deputy ministers, 6 undersecretaries * Independents: 5 ministers, 2 undersecretaries *
Us Moderates Us Moderates (, NM) is a centrist political party in Italy, led by Maurizio Lupi. The party has had several associated members and regional partners. At the European level, it is a member of the European People's Party. Most of NM's members and e ...
(NM): 1 undersecretary


Geographical breakdown


Beginning of term

*
Northern Italy Northern Italy (, , ) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy. The Italian National Institute of Statistics defines the region as encompassing the four Northwest Italy, northwestern Regions of Italy, regions of Piedmo ...
: 15 ministers **
Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...
: 5 ministers **
Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...
: 3 ministers **
Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...
: 3 ministers **
Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an Regions of Italy, administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia (region), Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 m ...
: 2 ministers **
Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...
: 1 minister **
Liguria Liguria (; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is roughly coextensive with ...
: 1 minister *
Central Italy Central Italy ( or ) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a first-level NUTS region with code ITI, and a European Parliament constituency. It has 11,704,312 inhabita ...
: 5 ministers (including PM) **
Lazio Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...
: 5 ministers (including PM) * Southern and
Insular Italy Insular Italy ( or just , ) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency. Insular Italy encompasses two of th ...
: 5 ministers **
Campania Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...
: 2 ministers **
Apulia Apulia ( ), also known by its Italian language, Italian name Puglia (), is a Regions of Italy, region of Italy, located in the Southern Italy, southern peninsular section of the country, bordering the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Strait of Ot ...
: 1 minister **
Sardinia Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...
: 1 minister **
Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...
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Northern Italy Northern Italy (, , ) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy. The Italian National Institute of Statistics defines the region as encompassing the four Northwest Italy, northwestern Regions of Italy, regions of Piedmo ...
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Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...
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Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...
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Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...
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Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an Regions of Italy, administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia (region), Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 m ...
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...
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Liguria Liguria (; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is roughly coextensive with ...
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Central Italy Central Italy ( or ) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a first-level NUTS region with code ITI, and a European Parliament constituency. It has 11,704,312 inhabita ...
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Lazio Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...
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Insular Italy Insular Italy ( or just , ) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency. Insular Italy encompasses two of th ...
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Campania Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...
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Sardinia Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...
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Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...
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