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Overview

The 2020s is Italy's contemporary period. During the 2020s, Italy suffered the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and faced yet another government crisis, leaving Giorgia Meloni to win the 2022 general election as the first female Prime Minister of Italy. Several protests of varying motives and causes also occurred.

Timeline

2020

9 March - Italy imposes a nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19, the first nation in the world to do so.

2021

13 January - Matteo Renzi announces that Italia Viva (IV) will be withdrawing its support from the Conte government. This effectively triggers the 2021 Italian Government Crisis.

18 January - A motion of confidence regarding the Conte government is called on by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The Chamber passes the motion (321 in favour, 259 against, 27 abstained) but the Senate fails to achieve an absolute majority (156 in favour, 140 against, 16 abstained). IV abstained from both motions.

26 January - Conte announces his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy.

29 January - Consultations occur between all major parties of Italy and Mattarella in regards to the state of the government. Mattarella tasks President of the Chamber of Deputies Roberto Fico to verify if the formation of a new government under the same majority that Conte had was possible.

2 February - Amid negotiations to form a new government, IV breaks away from the majority, forcing Fico to declare to Mattarella that an agreement has not been reached.

3 February - Mattarella invites Mario Draghi to the Quirinal Palace to discuss the formation of a "national unity technocratic government". Draghi accepts the offer.

4 February - Conte endorses Draghi for Prime Minister.

10 February - Salvini and Berlusconi jointly announce their endorsement of Draghi as Prime Minister. Simultaneously, Brothers of Italy (FdI) leader Giorgia Meloni publicly reaffirmed her opposition to a Draghi-led government.

11 February - The PD and the M5S both internally endorse the formation of a new cabinet.

13 February - Giuseppe Conte resigns as Prime Minister of Italy. Mario Draghi is sworn in as Prime Minister and takes his place.

17 February - The Senate approves the Draghi Cabinet (262 in favour, 40 against, 2 abstentions), with the Chamber also approving the cabinet formation (535 in favour, 56 against, 5 abstentions). This effectively ends the 2021 Italian Government Crisis.

2022

24-29 January - The 2022 Italian Presidential Election occurs. Sergio Mattarella (as an independent (ind.)) and Carlo Nordio (as a member of the 1997 Italian Liberal Party) both stood for election. Mattarella wins the election by Parliament majority 75.22% (759 in favour), with Nordio receiving 8.92% (90 in favour). Nino Di Matteo (ind.) performed third, receiving 3.66% (37 in favour). Di Matteo was endorsed by Alternativa. Mattarella failed to win the first, second and fifth ballot rounds, going instead to Paolo Maddalena for the first and second and Elisabetta Casellati (Forza Italia) for the fifth respectively. Casellati was preferred by the centre-right coalition, but failed to achieve majority in the fifth ballot (attaining only 382 votes). Nordio received endorsement from FdI, but failed to reach majority by the eighth and final ballot.

25 September - The 2022 Italian General Election takes place. The first election to nominate a non-technocratic Prime Minister since 2008. The centre-right coalition headed by Brothers of Italy (FdI) wins the election by plurality with 43.8% of the vote for the Chamber of Deputies (earning 237 seats), and 44% for the Senate (earning 115 seats). The center-left coalition headed by PD was second place, winning 26.1% of the vote in the Chamber (earning 84 seats), and 26% of the vote for the Senate (earning 44 seats). Considering that FdI won the plurality among the coalition (26% in the Chamber, earning 69 seats), the center-right nominated FdI leader Giorgia Meloni as the incoming Prime Minister.