The first session of the 19th Legislature in Italy will be held on Thursday to elect the Speakers of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, the first institutional step towards the formation of a new government.
On the agenda, the establishment of the provisional office of the presidency, the constitution of the provisional election councils, the proclamation of the successor deputies and senators and the election of the presidents by secret ballot, say the two Chambers.
The election of the presidents of the two houses of parliament marks the beginning of the process of appointing the government, according to the Italian constitution.
The President of the Republic will then begin consultations on the appointment of the new head of government with the newly appointed presidents of the two chambers, followed by the leaders of the main parties and possibly the leaders of the parliamentary groups.
Given that the results of the September 25 elections are clear, with Fratelli d’Italia clearly in the lead, these consultations are expected to be brief and could take no more than about two days.
Thereafter, the President of the Republic will give a mandate to a personality, potentially Giorgia Meloni, to form a new government.
After accepting the mandate “subject to the reservation”, the person appointed by the head of state must begin negotiations with his or her allies regarding ministerial posts and the program. At the end of these negotiations, if all goes well, the prospective candidate goes to the president and “lifts his reservation.
The new government is then announced and sworn in by the President of the Republic on the same day or the next day at the latest, after which it goes to Palazzo Chigi for the handover of power to the outgoing government.
Two records have been set in recent history: Silvio Berlusconi needed only 24 days in 2008 to move into Palazzo Chigi, while it took no less than 89 days for Giuseppe Conte in 2018 to complete the same journey.
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