When Giorgia Meloni rang the bell as the first female prime minister in the history of the Italian Republic, the chorus of defeatists was unanimous in predicting imminent disaster. It was October 22, 2022. The world, after two years of pandemic, had just entered a phase of perpetual war and Italian politics was hit by institutional distrust that had led to Mario Draghi’s grand coalition government. Meloni smiled, but she knew the stands were full of owls because it was all too easy to bet against those who would take up that baton. Especially her, the underdog. They called her a “borgatara,” but she was a predestined. Four years later, those ominous predictions have been demolished. Her government not only held, but officially became the longest-lasting in the history of our Nation. Tomorrow, at the grand celebratory event in Bari, Meloni will outline together with Maurizio Lupi some of the results achieved by the executive. Because there are many. Deputy Prime Ministers Matteo Salvini and Antonio Tajani are expected to participate via connection.
EMPLOYMENT
The most significant socio-economic data concerns the labor market. Between November 2022 and July 2026, the employed increased from 23.252 million to 24.370 million: +1.118 million workers, equal to +4.8%. The employment rate reached a historic high of 63.2%, while unemployment fell from 7.8% at the end of 2022 to 5.8%, with youth unemployment reduced by almost 4.5 percentage points, to 18.9%. On a general level, the significance of this data is reflected not only in the absolute number of employed but also in the quality of employment and the reduction of the unemployed population. Even more significant is the structural nature of the expansion. Permanent employees rose from 15.250 million to 16.583 million (+8.7%), that is 1.333 million more stable contracts, while temporary work decreased by half a million units. Over the four years, the female employment rate rose from 51.6% to 54.5%. Supporting the trend, the extension of parental leave compensation from 30% to 80% of salary for three months within the first six years of the child and the strengthening of the “Mothers’ Bonus,” increased from 40 to 60 euros per month from 2026 for workers with at least two children and an ISEE up to 40,000 euros. The second major direction concerns taxation and purchasing power. The reorganization of the IRPEF from four to three brackets resulted in a reduction of fiscal-contributory burden by over 21 billion. The first rate dropped from 25% to 23% up to 28,000 euros and the rate for the 28,000-50,000 bracket from 35% to 33%. The impacts on net wages, consequently, vary based on income and family composition, combining rate cuts, deductions, and contribution relief measures. According to ministerial simulations, a single person with a gross income of 26,000 euros benefits from an additional 203 euros net per month (2,434 annually); for a working mother with two children and 30,000 euros income, the combined effect of deductions and contribution relief reaches up to 970 euros per month (11,646 annually). In public employment, the unlocking and renewal of the CCNL produced average monthly increases of +380 euros in healthcare, +412 for teachers, +310 in central functions, and +300 in the Defense and security sector. The set of interventions fits into a framework where the risk of poverty or social exclusion decreased by 1.8% between 2022 and 2025, reaching the lowest level in historical series. A rigorous analysis cannot ignore financial markets and macroeconomic balances. The BTP-Bund spread, an indicator of sovereign debt risk, fell from 233 basis points on October 21, 2022, to less than 80, a drop of 65.6%. In the same period, the deficit/GDP ratio went from 8.1% in 2022 to 3.1% in 2025. Particularly significant is the realignment with France: ten-year BTP yields fell below those of French OATs, a circumstance not seen since March 2004. The remaining sectors of administrative action present an equally dense picture of numbers. On the security front, there are 45,000 new hires in law enforcement and over 4,000 “High Impact” operations, with more than one million people checked. The homicide rate decreased by 40% compared to 2014.
CRIME
The fight against organized crime led to the capture of 108 most dangerous fugitives, including Matteo Messina Denaro, Giuseppe Piromalli, and Pasquale Bonavota, 278 major judicial operations, 4,177 arrests, and the seizure or confiscation of about 18,000 assets linked to mafias. And on the much-talked-about migration flows, in the first seven months of 2026 there were about 16,000 arrivals by sea, 80% less than the same period in 2023, against 5,620 forced or accompanied repatriations. Healthcare spending also increased: resources of the National Health Fund rose from 126 billion in 2022 to about 143 billion allocated for 2026 (+13.49%). On foreign trade, Italian exports reached 643 billion euros in 2025, allowing the trade balance to move from a deficit of 34 billion in 2022 to a surplus of 50.7 billion in 2025. A balance that reflects the reversal from the starting situation and accompanies the improvement of other macroeconomic indicators. Finally, tourism closed 2025 with 535.5 million presences and 160.7 million arrivals, accounting for 13% of the national GDP. Faced with this mountain of incontrovertible figures, the left of an opposition bereft of arguments has nothing left but to do the only thing it still does very well: keep cursing while the real country moves forward and breaks records.
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